diff --git a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
index 6527c53b073f..fb389c030c44 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c
@@ -1420,17 +1420,18 @@ static int qm_dbg_help(struct hisi_qm *qm, char *s)
 static int qm_cmd_write_dump(struct hisi_qm *qm, const char *cmd_buf)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &qm->pdev->dev;
-	char *presult, *s;
+	char *presult, *s, *s_tmp;
 	int ret;
 
 	s = kstrdup(cmd_buf, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	s_tmp = s;
 	presult = strsep(&s, " ");
 	if (!presult) {
-		kfree(s);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_buffer_free;
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(presult, "sqc"))
@@ -1459,7 +1460,8 @@ static int qm_cmd_write_dump(struct hisi_qm *qm, const char *cmd_buf)
 	if (ret)
 		dev_info(dev, "Please echo help\n");
 
-	kfree(s);
+err_buffer_free:
+	kfree(s_tmp);
 
 	return ret;
 }