diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 78c780d1ab89..d21df1d300d2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1610,10 +1610,13 @@ static int iio_device_register_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	ret = iio_device_register_sysfs_group(indio_dev,
 					      &iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group);
 	if (ret)
-		goto error_clear_attrs;
+		goto error_free_chan_attrs;
 
 	return 0;
 
+error_free_chan_attrs:
+	kfree(iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs);
+	iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs = NULL;
 error_clear_attrs:
 	iio_free_chan_devattr_list(&iio_dev_opaque->channel_attr_list);