diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
index ab788594b202..81a628975cdd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/iio_utils.h
@@ -472,23 +472,30 @@ inline int find_type_by_name(const char *name, const char *type)
 						+ strlen(type)
 						+ numstrlen
 						+ 6);
-				if (filename == NULL)
+				if (filename == NULL) {
+					closedir(dp);
 					return -ENOMEM;
+				}
 				sprintf(filename, "%s%s%d/name",
 					iio_dir,
 					type,
 					number);
 				nameFile = fopen(filename, "r");
-				if (!nameFile)
+				if (!nameFile) {
+					free(filename);
 					continue;
+				}
 				free(filename);
 				fscanf(nameFile, "%s", thisname);
-				if (strcmp(name, thisname) == 0)
-					return number;
 				fclose(nameFile);
+				if (strcmp(name, thisname) == 0) {
+					closedir(dp);
+					return number;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	closedir(dp);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }