diff --git a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
index ca465794ea9c..df5cebb372a5 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/syscon.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(struct device_node *np, bool check_clk)
 	syscon_config.max_register = resource_size(&res) - reg_io_width;
 
 	regmap = regmap_init_mmio(NULL, base, &syscon_config);
+	kfree(syscon_config.name);
 	if (IS_ERR(regmap)) {
 		pr_err("regmap init failed\n");
 		ret = PTR_ERR(regmap);
@@ -144,7 +145,6 @@ static struct syscon *of_syscon_register(struct device_node *np, bool check_clk)
 	regmap_exit(regmap);
 err_regmap:
 	iounmap(base);
-	kfree(syscon_config.name);
 err_map:
 	kfree(syscon);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);