diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
index f88cbb94ce12..181ea30c416a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
@@ -576,8 +576,10 @@ static void pch_spi_set_tx(struct pch_spi_data *data, int *bpw)
 	data->pkt_tx_buff = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (data->pkt_tx_buff != NULL) {
 		data->pkt_rx_buff = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!data->pkt_rx_buff)
+		if (!data->pkt_rx_buff) {
 			kfree(data->pkt_tx_buff);
+			data->pkt_tx_buff = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!data->pkt_rx_buff) {