diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index f0626814d56b..4df0d7a0cd11 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -1912,7 +1912,8 @@ static int fastrpc_req_mmap(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp)
 				      &args[0]);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "mmap error (len 0x%08llx)\n", buf->size);
-		goto err_invoke;
+		fastrpc_buf_free(buf);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	/* update the buffer to be able to deallocate the memory on the DSP */
@@ -1950,8 +1951,6 @@ static int fastrpc_req_mmap(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp)
 
 err_assign:
 	fastrpc_req_munmap_impl(fl, buf);
-err_invoke:
-	fastrpc_buf_free(buf);
 
 	return err;
 }