diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
index b49957fb7586..4e4cf36af51c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_iw.c
@@ -3672,8 +3672,10 @@ int wl_iw_attach(struct net_device *dev, void *dhdp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	iscan->iscan_ex_params_p = kmalloc(params_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!iscan->iscan_ex_params_p)
+	if (!iscan->iscan_ex_params_p) {
+		kfree(iscan);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	iscan->iscan_ex_param_size = params_size;
 	iscan->sysioc_tsk = NULL;