diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
index ff03e1dad5b9e589a9d7dc78d495bf73e6f1491d..5c132242806579bc91f39544ef9e9af487584f90 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_sdma.c
@@ -617,7 +617,8 @@ int hfi1_user_sdma_process_request(struct file *fp, struct iovec *iovec,
 	if (!info.npkts || req->data_iovs > MAX_VECTORS_PER_REQ) {
 		SDMA_DBG(req, "Too many vectors (%u/%u)", req->data_iovs,
 			 MAX_VECTORS_PER_REQ);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_req;
 	}
 	/* Copy the header from the user buffer */
 	ret = copy_from_user(&req->hdr, iovec[idx].iov_base + sizeof(info),