diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
index 54cf9bc94dad..3a095670b0c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
@@ -101,22 +101,17 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_create_spapr_tce *args)
 {
 	struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *stt = NULL;
+	struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *siter;
 	long npages;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	int i;
 
-	/* Check this LIOBN hasn't been previously allocated */
-	list_for_each_entry(stt, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables, list) {
-		if (stt->liobn == args->liobn)
-			return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
 	npages = kvmppc_stt_npages(args->window_size);
 
 	stt = kzalloc(sizeof(*stt) + npages * sizeof(struct page *),
 		      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!stt)
-		goto fail;
+		return ret;
 
 	stt->liobn = args->liobn;
 	stt->window_size = args->window_size;
@@ -128,23 +123,36 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
-
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-	list_add(&stt->list, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables);
+
+	/* Check this LIOBN hasn't been previously allocated */
+	ret = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(siter, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables, list) {
+		if (siter->liobn == args->liobn) {
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = anon_inode_getfd("kvm-spapr-tce", &kvm_spapr_tce_fops,
+				       stt, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		list_add(&stt->list, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables);
+		kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
-	return anon_inode_getfd("kvm-spapr-tce", &kvm_spapr_tce_fops,
-				stt, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		return ret;
 
-fail:
-	if (stt) {
-		for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-			if (stt->pages[i])
-				__free_page(stt->pages[i]);
+ fail:
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
+		if (stt->pages[i])
+			__free_page(stt->pages[i]);
 
-		kfree(stt);
-	}
+	kfree(stt);
 	return ret;
 }