err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_range(par, start_sector_addr,
                                                data_start_addr, sector_buffer);
                if (err)
-                       return err;
+                       goto out;
        }
 
        /* now we copy our data into the right place in the sector buffer */
                err = broadsheet_spiflash_read_range(par, tail_start_addr,
                        tail_len, sector_buffer + tail_start_addr);
                if (err)
-                       return err;
+                       goto out;
        }
 
        /* if we got here we have the full sector that we want to rewrite. */
        /* first erase the sector */
        err = broadsheet_spiflash_erase_sector(par, start_sector_addr);
        if (err)
-               return err;
+               goto out;
 
        /* now write it */
        err = broadsheet_spiflash_write_sector(par, start_sector_addr,
                                        sector_buffer, sector_size);
+out:
+       kfree(sector_buffer);
        return err;
 }