diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
index bda53cb91f376..63f232c723374 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/debugfs.c
@@ -253,8 +253,11 @@ mwifiex_histogram_read(struct file *file, char __user *ubuf,
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!priv || !priv->hist_data)
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (!priv || !priv->hist_data) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto free_and_exit;
+	}
+
 	phist_data = priv->hist_data;
 
 	p += sprintf(p, "\n"
@@ -309,6 +312,8 @@ mwifiex_histogram_read(struct file *file, char __user *ubuf,
 	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos, (char *)page,
 				      (unsigned long)p - page);
 
+free_and_exit:
+	free_page(page);
 	return ret;
 }