diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c b/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
index c5a262a12e40..6d2f094e7b1a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c
@@ -1250,8 +1250,10 @@ static int allocate_buffers_internal(struct allegro_channel *channel,
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->head);
 
 		err = allegro_alloc_buffer(dev, buffer, size);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(buffer);
 			goto err;
+		}
 		list_add(&buffer->head, list);
 	}