1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
index 251ac2659554..fdeeb3ab6f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47b397.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int smsc47b397_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int addr, int kind)
         return 0;
 
 error_free:
-        kfree(new_client);
+        kfree(data);
 error_release:
         release_region(addr, SMSC_EXTENT);
         return err;