diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index b43e5e6ddaf6..b7c0e8cc0764 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -245,9 +245,13 @@ static __init int efivar_ssdt_load(void)
 		if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
 			break;
 		} else if (status == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
-			name = krealloc(name, name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!name)
+			efi_char16_t *name_tmp =
+				krealloc(name, name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!name_tmp) {
+				kfree(name);
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
+			name = name_tmp;
 			continue;
 		}