diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
index b854a422a523..1437bc46368b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
@@ -504,8 +504,10 @@ drm_dp_decode_sideband_req(const struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_tx *raw,
 			}
 
 			if (failed) {
-				for (i = 0; i < r->num_transactions; i++)
+				for (i = 0; i < r->num_transactions; i++) {
+					tx = &r->transactions[i];
 					kfree(tx->bytes);
+				}
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}