diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpaa2-console.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpaa2-console.c
index 27243f706f3761c932f95eca8ec4fb9e19849bb6..53917410f2bdb9c4f9ea759c77bba79f0a04ef5e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpaa2-console.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpaa2-console.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static ssize_t dpaa2_console_read(struct file *fp, char __user *buf,
 	cd->cur_ptr += bytes;
 	written += bytes;
 
+	kfree(kbuf);
 	return written;
 
 err_free_buf: