diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c b/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c
index ae79a7c667372e6e54b8302565870c3f24b2ce85..fa704153cb00d5f7fa7d0185acd1f953fdd37754 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-alps.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int alps_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
 	if (data->has_sp) {
 		input2 = input_allocate_device();
 		if (!input2) {
-			input_free_device(input2);
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto exit;
 		}