diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
index a22a892de7b7e0..aeb9f3c4052157 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c
@@ -1143,11 +1143,12 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *interf_grp_attrs[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-int usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(struct config_group *parent,
-				   int n_interf,
-				   struct usb_os_desc **desc,
-				   char **names,
-				   struct module *owner)
+struct config_group *usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(
+		struct config_group *parent,
+		int n_interf,
+		struct usb_os_desc **desc,
+		char **names,
+		struct module *owner)
 {
 	struct config_group *os_desc_group;
 	struct config_item_type *os_desc_type, *interface_type;
@@ -1159,7 +1160,7 @@ int usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(struct config_group *parent,
 
 	char *vlabuf = kzalloc(vla_group_size(data_chunk), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vlabuf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	os_desc_group = vla_ptr(vlabuf, data_chunk, os_desc_group);
 	os_desc_type = vla_ptr(vlabuf, data_chunk, os_desc_type);
@@ -1184,7 +1185,7 @@ int usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(struct config_group *parent,
 		configfs_add_default_group(&d->group, os_desc_group);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return os_desc_group;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.h
index 36c468c4f5e90b..540d5e92ed2259 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.h
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 
 void unregister_gadget_item(struct config_item *item);
 
-int usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(struct config_group *parent,
-				   int n_interf,
-				   struct usb_os_desc **desc,
-				   char **names,
-				   struct module *owner);
+struct config_group *usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(
+		struct config_group *parent,
+		int n_interf,
+		struct usb_os_desc **desc,
+		char **names,
+		struct module *owner);
 
 static inline struct usb_os_desc *to_usb_os_desc(struct config_item *item)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_rndis.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_rndis.c
index e1d5853ef1e429..c7c5b3ce1d9884 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_rndis.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_rndis.c
@@ -908,6 +908,7 @@ static void rndis_free_inst(struct usb_function_instance *f)
 			free_netdev(opts->net);
 	}
 
+	kfree(opts->rndis_interf_group);	/* single VLA chunk */
 	kfree(opts);
 }
 
@@ -916,6 +917,7 @@ static struct usb_function_instance *rndis_alloc_inst(void)
 	struct f_rndis_opts *opts;
 	struct usb_os_desc *descs[1];
 	char *names[1];
+	struct config_group *rndis_interf_group;
 
 	opts = kzalloc(sizeof(*opts), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!opts)
@@ -940,8 +942,14 @@ static struct usb_function_instance *rndis_alloc_inst(void)
 	names[0] = "rndis";
 	config_group_init_type_name(&opts->func_inst.group, "",
 				    &rndis_func_type);
-	usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(&opts->func_inst.group, 1, descs,
-				       names, THIS_MODULE);
+	rndis_interf_group =
+		usb_os_desc_prepare_interf_dir(&opts->func_inst.group, 1, descs,
+					       names, THIS_MODULE);
+	if (IS_ERR(rndis_interf_group)) {
+		rndis_free_inst(&opts->func_inst);
+		return ERR_CAST(rndis_interf_group);
+	}
+	opts->rndis_interf_group = rndis_interf_group;
 
 	return &opts->func_inst;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_rndis.h b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_rndis.h
index a35ee3c2545d95..efdb7ac381d973 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_rndis.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_rndis.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct f_rndis_opts {
 	bool				bound;
 	bool				borrowed_net;
 
+	struct config_group		*rndis_interf_group;
 	struct usb_os_desc		rndis_os_desc;
 	char				rndis_ext_compat_id[16];