diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
index 76643c5571aa87286bef0eeee0a557f04326ac6b..e59d0438de7326be74b3c225eb2247fbf6bdde0f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ int adis_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	adis->buffer = kcalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, 2, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!adis->buffer)
+	if (!adis->buffer) {
+		kfree(adis->xfer);
+		adis->xfer = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	rx = adis->buffer;
 	tx = rx + scan_count;