diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
index 581ae20c46e4..a5dff072c1ac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
@@ -356,8 +356,10 @@ int radeon_ring_restore(struct radeon_device *rdev, struct radeon_ring *ring,
 
 	/* restore the saved ring content */
 	r = radeon_ring_lock(rdev, ring, size);
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
+		kvfree(data);
 		return r;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
 		radeon_ring_write(ring, data[i]);