diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index b4c8b25453a6..65f751adb1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 	struct gpiohandle_request handlereq;
 	struct linehandle_state *lh;
 	struct file *file;
-	int fd, i, ret;
+	int fd, i, count = 0, ret;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&handlereq, ip, sizeof(handlereq)))
 		return -EFAULT;
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_free_descs;
 		lh->descs[i] = desc;
+		count = i;
 
 		if (lflags & GPIOHANDLE_REQUEST_ACTIVE_LOW)
 			set_bit(FLAG_ACTIVE_LOW, &desc->flags);
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ static int linehandle_create(struct gpio_device *gdev, void __user *ip)
 out_put_unused_fd:
 	put_unused_fd(fd);
 out_free_descs:
-	for (; i >= 0; i--)
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
 		gpiod_free(lh->descs[i]);
 	kfree(lh->label);
 out_free_lh: