diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
index d8d327a5e53b1b0c2be21410df165745da5f25ce..2bd007d1646164ed3b5d7279eefd1678037615b8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ dwc3_alloc_one_event_buffer(struct dwc3 *dwc, unsigned length)
 	evt->length	= length;
 	evt->buf	= dma_alloc_coherent(dwc->dev, length,
 			&evt->dma, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!evt->buf) {
-		kfree(evt);
+	if (!evt->buf)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	return evt;
 }