diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
index 2ae1a889c68d..a780cf5a65ff 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-hdmi.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static int imx_hdmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		put_device(&cpu_pdev->dev);
 		goto fail;
 	}