* old element will be freed immediately.
                                 * Otherwise return an error
                                 */
-                               atomic_dec(&htab->count);
-                               return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+                               l_new = ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+                               goto dec_count;
                        }
                l_new = kmalloc_node(htab->elem_size, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN,
                                     htab->map.numa_node);
-               if (!l_new)
-                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+               if (!l_new) {
+                       l_new = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                       goto dec_count;
+               }
        }
 
        memcpy(l_new->key, key, key_size);
                                                  GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
                        if (!pptr) {
                                kfree(l_new);
-                               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                               l_new = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                               goto dec_count;
                        }
                }
 
 
        l_new->hash = hash;
        return l_new;
+dec_count:
+       atomic_dec(&htab->count);
+       return l_new;
 }
 
 static int check_flags(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l_old,