diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.c
index 46714910f98c..7145ea543783 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/spi.c
@@ -110,9 +110,8 @@ static void wl1271_spi_reset(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	spi_message_add_tail(&t, &m);
 
 	spi_sync(wl_to_spi(wl), &m);
-	kfree(cmd);
-
 	wl1271_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi reset -> ", cmd, WSPI_INIT_CMD_LEN);
+	kfree(cmd);
 }
 
 static void wl1271_spi_init(struct wl1271 *wl)