diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/pac1921.c b/drivers/iio/adc/pac1921.c
index 90f61c47b1c46fb5a0fd4346345982aaa0a90972..63f51821515658a1339082717f0c7bdf775e1da9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/pac1921.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/pac1921.c
@@ -1198,11 +1198,11 @@ static int pac1921_match_acpi_device(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	label = devm_kstrdup(dev, status->package.elements[0].string.pointer,
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	ACPI_FREE(status);
 	if (!label)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	indio_dev->label = label;
-	ACPI_FREE(status);
 
 	return 0;
 }