1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 30cf0be7d1b2..e802b6bc067d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -990,8 +990,10 @@ static ssize_t i40e_dbg_command_write(struct file *filp,
         if (!cmd_buf)
                 return count;
         bytes_not_copied = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count);
-        if (bytes_not_copied < 0)
+        if (bytes_not_copied < 0) {
+                kfree(cmd_buf);
                 return bytes_not_copied;
+        }
         if (bytes_not_copied > 0)
                 count -= bytes_not_copied;
         cmd_buf[count] = '\0';