struct sync_file *b)
 {
        struct sync_file *sync_file;
-       struct dma_fence **fences, **nfences, **a_fences, **b_fences;
-       int i, i_a, i_b, num_fences, a_num_fences, b_num_fences;
+       struct dma_fence **fences = NULL, **nfences, **a_fences, **b_fences;
+       int i = 0, i_a, i_b, num_fences, a_num_fences, b_num_fences;
 
        sync_file = sync_file_alloc();
        if (!sync_file)
         * If a sync_file can only be created with sync_file_merge
         * and sync_file_create, this is a reasonable assumption.
         */
-       for (i = i_a = i_b = 0; i_a < a_num_fences && i_b < b_num_fences; ) {
+       for (i_a = i_b = 0; i_a < a_num_fences && i_b < b_num_fences; ) {
                struct dma_fence *pt_a = a_fences[i_a];
                struct dma_fence *pt_b = b_fences[i_b];
 
                fences = nfences;
        }
 
-       if (sync_file_set_fence(sync_file, fences, i) < 0) {
-               kfree(fences);
+       if (sync_file_set_fence(sync_file, fences, i) < 0)
                goto err;
-       }
 
        strlcpy(sync_file->user_name, name, sizeof(sync_file->user_name));
        return sync_file;
 
 err:
+       while (i)
+               dma_fence_put(fences[--i]);
+       kfree(fences);
        fput(sync_file->file);
        return NULL;