diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index 8f37562e0b113d6e5d4b13e50ea87cba679c6628..750626b0e22d528d6d76fbe4ad402a2c175316be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2060,22 +2060,28 @@ static void wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process(struct wcn36xx *wcn, void *buf, size_t len)
 	case WCN36XX_HAL_OTA_TX_COMPL_IND:
 	case WCN36XX_HAL_MISSED_BEACON_IND:
 	case WCN36XX_HAL_DELETE_STA_CONTEXT_IND:
-		mutex_lock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex);
 		msg_ind = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg_ind), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (msg_ind) {
-			msg_ind->msg_len = len;
-			msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-			memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len);
-			list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue);
-			queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work);
-			wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n");
+		if (!msg_ind)
+			goto nomem;
+		msg_ind->msg_len = len;
+		msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!msg_ind->msg) {
+			kfree(msg_ind);
+nomem:
+			/*
+			 * FIXME: Do something smarter then just
+			 * printing an error.
+			 */
+			wcn36xx_err("Run out of memory while handling SMD_EVENT (%d)\n",
+				    msg_header->msg_type);
+			break;
 		}
+		memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len);
+		mutex_lock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex);
+		list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue);
+		queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work);
 		mutex_unlock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex);
-		if (msg_ind)
-			break;
-		/* FIXME: Do something smarter then just printing an error. */
-		wcn36xx_err("Run out of memory while handling SMD_EVENT (%d)\n",
-			    msg_header->msg_type);
+		wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n");
 		break;
 	default:
 		wcn36xx_err("SMD_EVENT (%d) not supported\n",