diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
index 263f82516ff4..e5e1b3a01b1a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap-debugfs.c
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ void regmap_debugfs_init(struct regmap *map, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(name, "dummy")) {
+		kfree(map->debugfs_name);
+
 		map->debugfs_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dummy%d",
 						dummy_index);
 		name = map->debugfs_name;