diff --git a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
index eabb8b57f6c3..27780b8bf155 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/omapdrm/omap_gem_dmabuf.c
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ static struct sg_table *omap_gem_map_dma_buf(
 	/* this should be after _get_paddr() to ensure we have pages attached */
 	omap_gem_dma_sync(obj, dir);
 
-out:
-	if (ret)
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	return sg;
+out:
+	kfree(sg);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static void omap_gem_unmap_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,