diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
index ca758bcb48c95ee00d8a23cd4e047f37e98d08f4..4bfd3451b5682ca5a49a9f6b8fdea2726f554d63 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c
@@ -1459,8 +1459,10 @@ int smscore_gpio_configure(struct smscore_device_t *coredev, u8 PinNum,
 	if (!(coredev->device_flags & SMS_DEVICE_FAMILY2)) {
 		pMsg->xMsgHeader.msgType = MSG_SMS_GPIO_CONFIG_REQ;
 		if (GetGpioPinParams(PinNum, &TranslatedPinNum, &GroupNum,
-				&groupCfg) != 0)
-			return -EINVAL;
+				&groupCfg) != 0) {
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto free;
+		}
 
 		pMsg->msgData[1] = TranslatedPinNum;
 		pMsg->msgData[2] = GroupNum;
@@ -1490,6 +1492,7 @@ int smscore_gpio_configure(struct smscore_device_t *coredev, u8 PinNum,
 		else
 			sms_err("smscore_gpio_configure error");
 	}
+free:
 	kfree(buffer);
 
 	return rc;