diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_imon.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_imon.c
index 96c76b33770bb546f249eac34990b222bdf8d40d..5441f40cf5a1b7246ead3e2af7f1aef693a0fabd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_imon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_imon.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	data_buf = memdup_user(buf, n_bytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(data_buf)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(data_buf);
+		data_buf = NULL;
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
index 81f90e17e1e67f792e4e5d5da6875e4c2d7e7714..c32e2965da875ad9fa3e4b88dd8054892359d12e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	data_buf = memdup_user((void const __user *)buf, n_bytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(data_buf)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(data_buf);
+		data_buf = NULL;
 		goto exit;
 	}