diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
index 0ffb30f1af7e..97e866c63876 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl8712_recv.c
@@ -51,8 +51,16 @@ void r8712_init_recv_priv(struct recv_priv *precvpriv,
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_RECVBUFF; i++) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&precvbuf->list);
 		spin_lock_init(&precvbuf->recvbuf_lock);
-		if (r8712_os_recvbuf_resource_alloc(padapter, precvbuf))
+		if (r8712_os_recvbuf_resource_alloc(padapter, precvbuf)) {
+			int j = i;
+
+			while (j-- > 0) {
+				if (precvbuf)
+					r8712_os_recvbuf_resource_free(padapter, precvbuf);
+				precvbuf--;
+			}
 			break;
+		}
 		precvbuf->ref_cnt = 0;
 		precvbuf->adapter = padapter;
 		list_add_tail(&precvbuf->list,