diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
index 52edf3b5988d..cc8b86a16da0 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sunxi/pinctrl-sunxi.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_add_function(struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl,
 static int sunxi_pinctrl_build_state(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct sunxi_pinctrl *pctl = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	void *ptr;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -1105,13 +1106,15 @@ static int sunxi_pinctrl_build_state(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* And now allocated and fill the array for real */
-	pctl->functions = krealloc(pctl->functions,
-				   pctl->nfunctions * sizeof(*pctl->functions),
-				   GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pctl->functions) {
+	ptr = krealloc(pctl->functions,
+		       pctl->nfunctions * sizeof(*pctl->functions),
+		       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr) {
 		kfree(pctl->functions);
+		pctl->functions = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
+	pctl->functions = ptr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pctl->desc->npins; i++) {
 		const struct sunxi_desc_pin *pin = pctl->desc->pins + i;