diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 8f850c22be41..99344e9daf5d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void tmc_free_sg_table(struct tmc_sg_table *sg_table)
 {
 	tmc_free_table_pages(sg_table);
 	tmc_free_data_pages(sg_table);
+	kfree(sg_table);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -302,7 +303,6 @@ struct tmc_sg_table *tmc_alloc_sg_table(struct device *dev,
 		rc = tmc_alloc_table_pages(sg_table);
 	if (rc) {
 		tmc_free_sg_table(sg_table);
-		kfree(sg_table);
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
 	}