1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
index c26c11905ffe..2af8cb460a3b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-acpi.c
@@ -416,21 +416,21 @@ void ide_acpi_get_timing(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
 
         out_obj = output.pointer;
         if (out_obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
-                kfree(output.pointer);
                 DEBPRINT("Run _GTM: error: "
                        "expected object type of ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, "
                        "got 0x%x\n", out_obj->type);
+                kfree(output.pointer);
                 return;
         }
 
         if (!out_obj->buffer.length || !out_obj->buffer.pointer ||
             out_obj->buffer.length != sizeof(struct GTM_buffer)) {
-                kfree(output.pointer);
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                         "%s: unexpected _GTM length (0x%x)[should be 0x%zx] or "
                         "addr (0x%p)\n",
                         __func__, out_obj->buffer.length,
                         sizeof(struct GTM_buffer), out_obj->buffer.pointer);
+                kfree(output.pointer);
                 return;
         }