diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
index 5b3a63c87ec9..0a5cbbe12452 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
@@ -507,8 +507,10 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which)
 			break;
 
 		val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!val)
+		if (!val) {
+			free_page(p);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		base = (int *)p;