diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
index 896f4aceeef979f560dad0ab3f9a53566f1148ca..63077fb230262272c1f265169076bccb22984a99 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static int elan_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
 	if (ret) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "Failed to register elan input device: %d\n",
 			ret);
-		input_free_device(input);
+		input_mt_destroy_slots(input);
 		return ret;
 	}