diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index df5c69db68af..e67564af6f93 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ int nci_nfcc_loopback(struct nci_dev *ndev, void *data, size_t data_len,
 		      struct sk_buff **resp);
 
 struct nci_hci_dev *nci_hci_allocate(struct nci_dev *ndev);
+void nci_hci_deallocate(struct nci_dev *ndev);
 int nci_hci_send_event(struct nci_dev *ndev, u8 gate, u8 event,
 		       const u8 *param, size_t param_len);
 int nci_hci_send_cmd(struct nci_dev *ndev, u8 gate,
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 074960154993..33c23af6709d 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nci_allocate_device);
 void nci_free_device(struct nci_dev *ndev)
 {
 	nfc_free_device(ndev->nfc_dev);
+	nci_hci_deallocate(ndev);
 	kfree(ndev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nci_free_device);
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/hci.c b/net/nfc/nci/hci.c
index c0d323b58e73..c972c212e7ca 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/hci.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/hci.c
@@ -807,3 +807,8 @@ struct nci_hci_dev *nci_hci_allocate(struct nci_dev *ndev)
 
 	return hdev;
 }
+
+void nci_hci_deallocate(struct nci_dev *ndev)
+{
+	kfree(ndev->hci_dev);
+}