diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_atpx_handler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_atpx_handler.c
index 13ac63ba60752f7eaee7d27564531646cdcd33e4..98724fcb00885e8a6ba3e8e88937b209e545a8e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_atpx_handler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_atpx_handler.c
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ static int radeon_atrm_call(acpi_handle atrm_handle, uint8_t *bios,
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
 	memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length);
+	len = obj->buffer.length;
 	kfree(buffer.pointer);
-	return obj->buffer.length;
+	return len;
 }
 
 bool radeon_atrm_supported(struct pci_dev *pdev)