diff --git a/drivers/tty/mxser.c b/drivers/tty/mxser.c
index 8bc15cb67a58..88eb90361a89 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/mxser.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/mxser.c
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 	struct mxser_port *info = container_of(port, struct mxser_port, port);
 	unsigned long page;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int ret;
 
 	page = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page)
@@ -870,9 +871,9 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	if (!info->ioaddr || !info->type) {
 		set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
-		free_page(page);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags);
-		return 0;
+		ret = 0;
+		goto err_free_xmit;
 	}
 	info->port.xmit_buf = (unsigned char *) page;
 
@@ -898,8 +899,10 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 		if (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
 			set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
 			return 0;
-		} else
-			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_free_xmit;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -944,6 +947,10 @@ static int mxser_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&info->slock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
+err_free_xmit:
+	free_page(page);
+	info->port.xmit_buf = NULL;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*