diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index aaba9d3d980e..4df97f650e44 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -847,8 +847,7 @@ static int iio_device_add_channel_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
  * @attr_list: List of IIO device attributes
  *
  * This function frees the memory allocated for each of the IIO device
- * attributes in the list. Note: if you want to reuse the list after calling
- * this function you have to reinitialize it using INIT_LIST_HEAD().
+ * attributes in the list.
  */
 void iio_free_chan_devattr_list(struct list_head *attr_list)
 {
@@ -856,6 +855,7 @@ void iio_free_chan_devattr_list(struct list_head *attr_list)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, attr_list, l) {
 		kfree(p->dev_attr.attr.name);
+		list_del(&p->l);
 		kfree(p);
 	}
 }
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ static void iio_device_unregister_sysfs(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	iio_free_chan_devattr_list(&indio_dev->channel_attr_list);
 	kfree(indio_dev->chan_attr_group.attrs);
+	indio_dev->chan_attr_group.attrs = NULL;
 }
 
 static void iio_dev_release(struct device *device)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index a4b397048f71..a99692ba91bc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ int iio_device_register_eventset(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 error_free_setup_event_lines:
 	iio_free_chan_devattr_list(&indio_dev->event_interface->dev_attr_list);
 	kfree(indio_dev->event_interface);
+	indio_dev->event_interface = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }