diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
index d333ddd44298..95c803c40a7d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
@@ -225,10 +225,9 @@ static int parse_fw_cfg(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 			unsigned int count, unsigned long *cfg,
 			unsigned int *ncfg)
 {
-	unsigned long *properties;
 	int i, test;
 
-	properties = bitmap_zalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	unsigned long *properties __free(bitmap) = bitmap_zalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		u32 val;
@@ -263,7 +262,6 @@ static int parse_fw_cfg(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 			if (ret) {
 				pr_err("%pfw: conflicting setting detected for %s\n",
 				       fwnode, par->property);
-				bitmap_free(properties);
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 		}
@@ -295,7 +293,6 @@ static int parse_fw_cfg(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 		pr_err("%pfw: cannot have multiple drive configurations\n",
 		       fwnode);
 
-	bitmap_free(properties);
 	return 0;
 }