init_completion(&anchor->urb_compl);
        mbo->priv = anchor;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&mdev->anchor_list_lock[channel], flags);
-       list_add_tail(&anchor->list, &mdev->anchor_list[channel]);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mdev->anchor_list_lock[channel], flags);
-
        if ((mdev->padding_active[channel]) &&
            (conf->direction & MOST_CH_TX))
                if (hdm_add_padding(mdev, channel, mbo)) {
                        retval = -EIO;
-                       goto _error_1;
+                       goto _error;
                }
 
        urb->transfer_dma = mbo->bus_address;
        }
        urb->transfer_flags |= URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&mdev->anchor_list_lock[channel], flags);
+       list_add_tail(&anchor->list, &mdev->anchor_list[channel]);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mdev->anchor_list_lock[channel], flags);
+
        retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (retval) {
                dev_err(dev, "URB submit failed with error %d.\n", retval);