diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index e967c1173ba3280ac1cb5b11c9785a785619b320..222ea3f12f41e132f1d14b3ade837bbf205987c5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf,
 	if ((*ppos > max_size) ||
 	    (*ppos + count > max_size) ||
 	    (*ppos + count < count) ||
-	    (count > uncopied_bytes))
+	    (count > uncopied_bytes)) {
+		kfree(buf);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (copy_from_user(buf + (*ppos), user_buf, count)) {
 		kfree(buf);
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf,
 		add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 	}
 
+	kfree(buf);
 	return count;
 }