diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
index f446ff497809196641a02654583a657c52a9e73d..4998a89d083d54d4b6dafd2ccb9b3d825d2447e9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ static int adis_update_scan_mode_burst(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	adis->buffer = kzalloc(burst_length + sizeof(u16), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!adis->buffer)
+	if (!adis->buffer) {
+		kfree(adis->xfer);
+		adis->xfer = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	tx = adis->buffer + burst_length;
 	tx[0] = ADIS_READ_REG(adis->burst->reg_cmd);