diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index d0732eac0f0a..07bf47a1a356 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ int iio_device_register_eventset(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	ret = iio_device_register_sysfs_group(indio_dev, &ev_int->group);
 	if (ret)
-		goto error_free_setup_event_lines;
+		goto error_free_group_attrs;
 
 	ev_int->ioctl_handler.ioctl = iio_event_ioctl;
 	iio_device_ioctl_handler_register(&iio_dev_opaque->indio_dev,
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ int iio_device_register_eventset(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+error_free_group_attrs:
+	kfree(ev_int->group.attrs);
 error_free_setup_event_lines:
 	iio_free_chan_devattr_list(&ev_int->dev_attr_list);
 	kfree(ev_int);