diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/gr_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/gr_udc.c
index 7164ad9800f11a8633d7f551b61011aba45e5d80..7419889ebe9ab029592610b20684e31951149edd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/gr_udc.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/gr_udc.c
@@ -1980,9 +1980,12 @@ static int gr_ep_init(struct gr_udc *dev, int num, int is_in, u32 maxplimit)
 
 	if (num == 0) {
 		_req = gr_alloc_request(&ep->ep, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!_req)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		buf = devm_kzalloc(dev->dev, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_DMA | GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!_req || !buf) {
-			/* possible _req freed by gr_probe via gr_remove */
+		if (!buf) {
+			gr_free_request(&ep->ep, _req);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}