static bool
 sideband_msg_req_encode_decode(struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_req_body *in)
 {
-       struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_req_body out = {0};
+       struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_req_body *out;
        struct drm_printer p = drm_err_printer(PREFIX_STR);
        struct drm_dp_sideband_msg_tx txmsg;
        int i, ret;
+       bool result = true;
+
+       out = kzalloc(sizeof(*out), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!out)
+               return false;
 
        drm_dp_encode_sideband_req(in, &txmsg);
-       ret = drm_dp_decode_sideband_req(&txmsg, &out);
+       ret = drm_dp_decode_sideband_req(&txmsg, out);
        if (ret < 0) {
                drm_printf(&p, "Failed to decode sideband request: %d\n",
                           ret);
-               return false;
+               result = false;
+               goto out;
        }
 
-       if (!sideband_msg_req_equal(in, &out)) {
+       if (!sideband_msg_req_equal(in, out)) {
                drm_printf(&p, "Encode/decode failed, expected:\n");
                drm_dp_dump_sideband_msg_req_body(in, 1, &p);
                drm_printf(&p, "Got:\n");
-               drm_dp_dump_sideband_msg_req_body(&out, 1, &p);
-               return false;
+               drm_dp_dump_sideband_msg_req_body(out, 1, &p);
+               result = false;
+               goto out;
        }
 
        switch (in->req_type) {
        case DP_REMOTE_DPCD_WRITE:
-               kfree(out.u.dpcd_write.bytes);
+               kfree(out->u.dpcd_write.bytes);
                break;
        case DP_REMOTE_I2C_READ:
-               for (i = 0; i < out.u.i2c_read.num_transactions; i++)
-                       kfree(out.u.i2c_read.transactions[i].bytes);
+               for (i = 0; i < out->u.i2c_read.num_transactions; i++)
+                       kfree(out->u.i2c_read.transactions[i].bytes);
                break;
        case DP_REMOTE_I2C_WRITE:
-               kfree(out.u.i2c_write.bytes);
+               kfree(out->u.i2c_write.bytes);
                break;
        }
 
        /* Clear everything but the req_type for the input */
        memset(&in->u, 0, sizeof(in->u));
 
-       return true;
+out:
+       kfree(out);
+       return result;
 }
 
 int igt_dp_mst_sideband_msg_req_decode(void *unused)