diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
index 814324d17295..986c12153e62 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/fault.c
@@ -141,12 +141,14 @@ static ssize_t fault_opcodes_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	copy = min(len, datalen - 1);
-	if (copy_from_user(data, buf, copy))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_from_user(data, buf, copy)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto free_data;
+	}
 
 	ret = debugfs_file_get(file->f_path.dentry);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		return ret;
+		goto free_data;
 	ptr = data;
 	token = ptr;
 	for (ptr = data; *ptr; ptr = end + 1, token = ptr) {
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ static ssize_t fault_opcodes_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	ret = len;
 
 	debugfs_file_put(file->f_path.dentry);
+free_data:
 	kfree(data);
 	return ret;
 }