diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
index 110b1f89aa59..37e11e501728 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/llcc-qcom.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -1294,16 +1295,13 @@ static int qcom_llcc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Initialize rest of LLCC bank regmaps */
 	for (i = 1; i < num_banks; i++) {
-		char *base = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "llcc%d_base", i);
+		char *base __free(kfree) = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "llcc%d_base", i);
 
 		drv_data->regmaps[i] = qcom_llcc_init_mmio(pdev, i, base);
 		if (IS_ERR(drv_data->regmaps[i])) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(drv_data->regmaps[i]);
-			kfree(base);
 			goto err;
 		}
-
-		kfree(base);
 	}
 
 	drv_data->bcast_regmap = qcom_llcc_init_mmio(pdev, i, "llcc_broadcast_base");