diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
index 14335bbc9bdc..c97b78ef9116 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max1111.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ struct max1111_data {
 	struct device		*hwmon_dev;
 	struct spi_message	msg;
 	struct spi_transfer	xfer[2];
-	uint8_t *tx_buf;
-	uint8_t *rx_buf;
+	uint8_t tx_buf[MAX1111_TX_BUF_SIZE];
+	uint8_t rx_buf[MAX1111_RX_BUF_SIZE];
 	struct mutex		drvdata_lock;
 	/* protect msg, xfer and buffers from multiple access */
 };
@@ -131,33 +131,23 @@ static const struct attribute_group max1111_attr_group = {
 	.attrs	= max1111_attributes,
 };
 
-static int setup_transfer(struct max1111_data *data)
+static int __devinit setup_transfer(struct max1111_data *data)
 {
 	struct spi_message *m;
 	struct spi_transfer *x;
 
-	data->tx_buf = kmalloc(MAX1111_TX_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->tx_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	data->rx_buf = kmalloc(MAX1111_RX_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->rx_buf) {
-		kfree(data->tx_buf);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	m = &data->msg;
 	x = &data->xfer[0];
 
 	spi_message_init(m);
 
 	x->tx_buf = &data->tx_buf[0];
-	x->len = 1;
+	x->len = MAX1111_TX_BUF_SIZE;
 	spi_message_add_tail(x, m);
 
 	x++;
 	x->rx_buf = &data->rx_buf[0];
-	x->len = 2;
+	x->len = MAX1111_RX_BUF_SIZE;
 	spi_message_add_tail(x, m);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -192,7 +182,7 @@ static int __devinit max1111_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &max1111_attr_group);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to create attribute group\n");
-		goto err_free_all;
+		goto err_free_data;
 	}
 
 	data->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(&spi->dev);
@@ -209,9 +199,6 @@ static int __devinit max1111_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 err_remove:
 	sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &max1111_attr_group);
-err_free_all:
-	kfree(data->rx_buf);
-	kfree(data->tx_buf);
 err_free_data:
 	kfree(data);
 	return err;
@@ -224,8 +211,6 @@ static int __devexit max1111_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 	hwmon_device_unregister(data->hwmon_dev);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&spi->dev.kobj, &max1111_attr_group);
 	mutex_destroy(&data->drvdata_lock);
-	kfree(data->rx_buf);
-	kfree(data->tx_buf);
 	kfree(data);
 	return 0;
 }