diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index 9b47e66599a3..0bf0d24d12d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static int __init create_log(char *log_name, int size)
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		pr_err("failed to register misc device for log '%s'!\n",
 				log->misc.name);
-		goto out_free_log;
+		goto out_free_misc_name;
 	}
 
 	pr_info("created %luK log '%s'\n",
@@ -798,6 +798,9 @@ static int __init create_log(char *log_name, int size)
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_free_misc_name:
+	kfree(log->misc.name);
+
 out_free_log:
 	kfree(log);