diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
index 844a60ad96bf..d5fd41823624 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client_modeset.c
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ int drm_client_modeset_probe(struct drm_client_dev *client, unsigned int width,
 				break;
 			}
 
+			kfree(modeset->mode);
 			modeset->mode = drm_mode_duplicate(dev, mode);
 			drm_connector_get(connector);
 			modeset->connectors[modeset->num_connectors++] = connector;