diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index 406537420fff..f4c3d28cd1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		err = ret;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error0;
 	}
 
 	ret = hv_ringbuffer_init(
 		&newchannel->inbound, in, recv_ringbuffer_size);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		err = ret;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error0;
 	}
 
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		err = ret;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error0;
 	}
 
 	/* Create and init the channel open message */
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 			   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!open_info) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error0;
 	}
 
 	init_completion(&open_info->waitevent);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 
 	if (userdatalen > MAX_USER_DEFINED_BYTES) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error0;
 	}
 
 	if (userdatalen)
@@ -208,19 +208,18 @@ int vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, u32 send_ringbuffer_size,
 			       sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_open_channel));
 
 	if (ret != 0)
-		goto cleanup;
+		goto error1;
 
 	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&open_info->waitevent, 5*HZ);
 	if (t == 0) {
 		err = -ETIMEDOUT;
-		goto errorout;
+		goto error1;
 	}
 
 
 	if (open_info->response.open_result.status)
 		err = open_info->response.open_result.status;
 
-cleanup:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&open_info->msglistentry);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
@@ -228,9 +227,12 @@ cleanup:
 	kfree(open_info);
 	return err;
 
-errorout:
-	hv_ringbuffer_cleanup(&newchannel->outbound);
-	hv_ringbuffer_cleanup(&newchannel->inbound);
+error1:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
+	list_del(&open_info->msglistentry);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
+
+error0:
 	free_pages((unsigned long)out,
 		get_order(send_ringbuffer_size + recv_ringbuffer_size));
 	kfree(open_info);