diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 6889e7db3aff5285dd7824317c3f6469fc2e00c2..a082a2e342522a78edfd642f272784bd1fbee276 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev, const struct tpm_vend
 		put_device(dev);
 		clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
 		kfree(chip);
+		kfree(devname);
 		return NULL;
 	}