diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 8b27c9849b427905ea9a5ef83864a88526afe405..0116c038b0bcf11004c523bcad75c2096ef9e99e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -992,6 +992,9 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* parse arguments */
 	ret = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < argc && i < MAX_TRACE_ARGS; i++) {
+		/* Increment count for freeing args in error case */
+		tp->nr_args++;
+
 		/* Parse argument name */
 		arg = strchr(argv[i], '=');
 		if (arg)
@@ -1021,11 +1024,8 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 		ret = parse_probe_arg(arg, tp, &tp->args[i], is_return);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_info("Parse error at argument%d. (%d)\n", i, ret);
-			kfree(tp->args[i].name);
 			goto error;
 		}
-
-		tp->nr_args++;
 	}
 
 	ret = register_trace_probe(tp);