1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
index 3f204fde1b02..8877b836d27c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/compal-laptop.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,10 @@ static int __devinit compal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         initialize_fan_control_data(data);
 
         err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &compal_attribute_group);
-        if (err)
+        if (err) {
+                kfree(data);
                 return err;
+        }
 
         data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&pdev->dev);
         if (IS_ERR(data->hwmon_dev)) {