diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
index fafa6d003c2c..ecd5566999c5 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c
@@ -330,22 +330,29 @@ int st21nfca_connectivity_event_received(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev, u8 host,
 		transaction->aid_len = skb->data[1];
 
 		/* Checking if the length of the AID is valid */
-		if (transaction->aid_len > sizeof(transaction->aid))
+		if (transaction->aid_len > sizeof(transaction->aid)) {
+			devm_kfree(dev, transaction);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		memcpy(transaction->aid, &skb->data[2],
 		       transaction->aid_len);
 
 		/* Check next byte is PARAMETERS tag (82) */
 		if (skb->data[transaction->aid_len + 2] !=
-		    NFC_EVT_TRANSACTION_PARAMS_TAG)
+		    NFC_EVT_TRANSACTION_PARAMS_TAG) {
+			devm_kfree(dev, transaction);
 			return -EPROTO;
+		}
 
 		transaction->params_len = skb->data[transaction->aid_len + 3];
 
 		/* Total size is allocated (skb->len - 2) minus fixed array members */
-		if (transaction->params_len > ((skb->len - 2) - sizeof(struct nfc_evt_transaction)))
+		if (transaction->params_len > ((skb->len - 2) -
+		    sizeof(struct nfc_evt_transaction))) {
+			devm_kfree(dev, transaction);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		memcpy(transaction->params, skb->data +
 		       transaction->aid_len + 4, transaction->params_len);