diff --git a/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c b/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
index 8e19bfa94121..a99afb5d9011 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/omap-iommu-debug.c
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ static ssize_t debug_read_regs(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 	mutex_lock(&iommu_debug_lock);
 
 	bytes = omap_iommu_dump_ctx(obj, p, count);
+	if (bytes < 0)
+		goto err;
 	bytes = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, buf, bytes);
 
+err:
 	mutex_unlock(&iommu_debug_lock);
 	kfree(buf);