diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index 871aa2108dc694795e74f2b308031c849ad1a966..18fd643b6e6915c3a2e13c149640d9917459eb12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 	 * mark our set of crtc's as busy:
 	 */
 	ret = start_atomic(dev->dev_private, c->crtc_mask);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(c);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * This is the point of no return - everything below never fails except