diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
index e4e09d47c5c0..59e9d05ab928 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
@@ -389,8 +389,10 @@ static int vmw_recv_msg(struct rpc_channel *channel, void **msg,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (retries == RETRIES)
+	if (retries == RETRIES) {
+		kfree(reply);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	*msg_len = reply_len;
 	*msg     = reply;