diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c b/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
index a331a1821e85..06e87dc77796 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-debug.c
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ static int hid_debug_events_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	if (!(list->hid_debug_buf = kzalloc(sizeof(char) * HID_DEBUG_BUFSIZE, GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
+		kfree(list);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	list->hdev = (struct hid_device *) inode->i_private;