diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_coredump.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_coredump.c
index c06789882036..b57d2a25ae27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_coredump.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_coredump.c
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_dbg_dma_data(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg,
 				memcpy(info->dest_buf + off, dma_buf, len);
 			} else {
 				rc = -ENOBUFS;
+				if (cmn_req->req_type ==
+				    cpu_to_le16(HWRM_DBG_COREDUMP_LIST)) {
+					kfree(info->dest_buf);
+					info->dest_buf = NULL;
+				}
 				break;
 			}
 		}