diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
index 700528c9a0a4..10e912bbf0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ static void iio_hw_buf_release(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	struct hw_consumer_buffer *hw_buf =
 		iio_buffer_to_hw_consumer_buffer(buffer);
+
+	bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
 	kfree(hw_buf);
 }