diff --git a/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c b/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
index e147cc8ab0fd..4e2108052509 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
@@ -631,15 +631,18 @@ static int rtsx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	ucr->pusb_dev = usb_dev;
 
-	ucr->iobuf = kmalloc(IOBUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ucr->iobuf)
+	ucr->cmd_buf = kmalloc(IOBUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ucr->cmd_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	ucr->rsp_buf = kmalloc(IOBUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ucr->rsp_buf)
+		goto out_free_cmd_buf;
+
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, ucr);
 
 	ucr->vendor_id = id->idVendor;
 	ucr->product_id = id->idProduct;
-	ucr->cmd_buf = ucr->rsp_buf = ucr->iobuf;
 
 	mutex_init(&ucr->dev_mutex);
 
@@ -667,9 +670,11 @@ static int rtsx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 out_init_fail:
 	usb_set_intfdata(ucr->pusb_intf, NULL);
-	kfree(ucr->iobuf);
-	ucr->iobuf = NULL;
-	ucr->cmd_buf = ucr->rsp_buf = NULL;
+	kfree(ucr->rsp_buf);
+	ucr->rsp_buf = NULL;
+out_free_cmd_buf:
+	kfree(ucr->cmd_buf);
+	ucr->cmd_buf = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -682,9 +687,12 @@ static void rtsx_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	mfd_remove_devices(&intf->dev);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(ucr->pusb_intf, NULL);
-	kfree(ucr->iobuf);
-	ucr->iobuf = NULL;
-	ucr->cmd_buf = ucr->rsp_buf = NULL;
+
+	kfree(ucr->cmd_buf);
+	ucr->cmd_buf = NULL;
+
+	kfree(ucr->rsp_buf);
+	ucr->rsp_buf = NULL;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
diff --git a/include/linux/rtsx_usb.h b/include/linux/rtsx_usb.h
index a07f7341ebc2..3247ed8e9ff0 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtsx_usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtsx_usb.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ struct rtsx_ucr {
 	struct usb_device	*pusb_dev;
 	struct usb_interface	*pusb_intf;
 	struct usb_sg_request	current_sg;
-	unsigned char		*iobuf;
 
 	struct timer_list	sg_timer;
 	struct mutex		dev_mutex;