1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
index c4b3417a5dac..3ce8e2fbe15f 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-transaction.c
@@ -605,8 +605,10 @@ fw_send_response(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *request, int rcode)
          * check is sufficient to ensure we don't send response to
          * broadcast packets or posted writes.
          */
-        if (request->ack != ACK_PENDING)
+        if (request->ack != ACK_PENDING) {
+                kfree(request);
                 return;
+        }
 
         if (rcode == RCODE_COMPLETE)
                 fw_fill_response(&request->response, request->request_header,