diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c
index 301d327d0624..e6ca03aa6830 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_ops.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,8 @@ void sd_int_dpc(struct adapter *adapter)
 				} else {
 					rtw_c2h_wk_cmd(adapter, (u8 *)c2h_evt);
 				}
+			} else {
+				kfree(c2h_evt);
 			}
 		} else {
 			/* Error handling for malloc fail */