diff --git a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
index 8d2e7267d973..d35d0f5ccaf7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/cirrus/cs_dsp.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ static int cs_dsp_load(struct cs_dsp *dsp, const struct firmware *firmware,
 	const struct wmfw_region *region;
 	const struct cs_dsp_region *mem;
 	const char *region_name;
-	u8 *buf __free(kfree) = NULL;
+	u8 *buf = NULL;
 	size_t buf_len = 0;
 	size_t region_len;
 	unsigned int reg;
@@ -1606,6 +1606,8 @@ static int cs_dsp_load(struct cs_dsp *dsp, const struct firmware *firmware,
 
 	ret = 0;
 out_fw:
+	kfree(buf);
+
 	if (ret == -EOVERFLOW)
 		cs_dsp_err(dsp, "%s: file content overflows file data\n", file);
 
@@ -2137,7 +2139,7 @@ static int cs_dsp_load_coeff(struct cs_dsp *dsp, const struct firmware *firmware
 	struct cs_dsp_alg_region *alg_region;
 	const char *region_name;
 	int ret, pos, blocks, type, offset, reg, version;
-	u8 *buf __free(kfree) = NULL;
+	u8 *buf = NULL;
 	size_t buf_len = 0;
 	size_t region_len;
 
@@ -2316,6 +2318,8 @@ static int cs_dsp_load_coeff(struct cs_dsp *dsp, const struct firmware *firmware
 
 	ret = 0;
 out_fw:
+	kfree(buf);
+
 	if (ret == -EOVERFLOW)
 		cs_dsp_err(dsp, "%s: file content overflows file data\n", file);