diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
index 863548f59c3e..3bd38acde4b9 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version(struct device *cpu_dev,
 	int speed = 0, pvs = 0, pvs_ver = 0;
 	u8 *speedbin;
 	size_t len;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	speedbin = nvmem_cell_read(speedbin_nvmem, &len);
 
@@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version(struct device *cpu_dev,
 		break;
 	default:
 		dev_err(cpu_dev, "Unable to read nvmem data. Defaulting to 0!\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto len_error;
 	}
 
 	snprintf(*pvs_name, sizeof("speedXX-pvsXX-vXX"), "speed%d-pvs%d-v%d",
@@ -238,8 +240,9 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_krait_name_version(struct device *cpu_dev,
 
 	drv->versions = (1 << speed);
 
+len_error:
 	kfree(speedbin);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct qcom_cpufreq_match_data match_data_kryo = {