diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
index 3095fc514a65..5ccc23bc7690 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
@@ -342,9 +342,10 @@ static int mei_nfc_send(struct mei_cl_device *cldev, u8 *buf, size_t length)
 	ndev = (struct mei_nfc_dev *) cldev->priv_data;
 	dev = ndev->cl->dev;
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	mei_buf = kzalloc(length + MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mei_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 
 	hdr = (struct mei_nfc_hci_hdr *) mei_buf;
 	hdr->cmd = MEI_NFC_CMD_HCI_SEND;
@@ -354,12 +355,9 @@ static int mei_nfc_send(struct mei_cl_device *cldev, u8 *buf, size_t length)
 	hdr->data_size = length;
 
 	memcpy(mei_buf + MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE, buf, length);
-
 	err = __mei_cl_send(ndev->cl, mei_buf, length + MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	kfree(mei_buf);
+		goto out;
 
 	if (!wait_event_interruptible_timeout(ndev->send_wq,
 				ndev->recv_req_id == ndev->req_id, HZ)) {
@@ -368,7 +366,8 @@ static int mei_nfc_send(struct mei_cl_device *cldev, u8 *buf, size_t length)
 	} else {
 		ndev->req_id++;
 	}
-
+out:
+	kfree(mei_buf);
 	return err;
 }