diff --git a/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_stream_encoded.c b/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_stream_encoded.c
index fbae39fda5c03..5c455608b0245 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_stream_encoded.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/intel_sst/intel_sst_stream_encoded.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ int sst_decode(int str_id, struct snd_sst_dbufs *dbufs)
 	dbufs->output_bytes_produced = total_output;
 	str_info->status = str_info->prev;
 	str_info->prev = STREAM_DECODE;
-	str_info->decode_ibuf = NULL;
 	kfree(str_info->decode_ibuf);
+	str_info->decode_ibuf = NULL;
 	return retval;
 }