diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
index 1da263676f2a..75f39e1f3ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
@@ -690,12 +690,12 @@ static int ni_usb_read(gpib_board_t *board, uint8_t *buffer, size_t length,
 		kfree(in_data);
 		return parse_retval;
 	}
-	kfree(in_data);
 	if (actual_length != length - status.count) {
 		pr_err("%s: actual_length=%i expected=%li\n",
 		       __func__, actual_length, (long)(length - status.count));
 		ni_usb_dump_raw_block(in_data, usb_bytes_read);
 	}
+	kfree(in_data);
 	switch (status.error_code) {
 	case NIUSB_NO_ERROR:
 		retval = 0;