diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 844ee1b4d286..0a358d94b17c 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3291,6 +3291,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_xfern_frames_ioctl(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 {
 	struct snd_xfern xfern;
 	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
+	void *bufs __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	snd_pcm_sframes_t result;
 
 	if (runtime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN)
@@ -3302,8 +3303,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_xfern_frames_ioctl(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	if (copy_from_user(&xfern, _xfern, sizeof(xfern)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	void *bufs __free(kfree) =
-		memdup_array_user(xfern.bufs, runtime->channels, sizeof(void *));
+	bufs = memdup_array_user(xfern.bufs, runtime->channels, sizeof(void *));
 	if (IS_ERR(bufs))
 		return PTR_ERR(bufs);
 	if (substream->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)