diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index 0a0a1e7c20d2..c3ff82f92d9c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ __dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle, gfp_t gfp,
 
 	if (addr)
 		*handle = pfn_to_dma(dev, page_to_pfn(page));
+	else
+		__dma_free_buffer(page, size);
 
 	return addr;
 }