diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
index 50a34bcd4d14..52bd35c240dd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu3/ipu3-cio2.c
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ static int cio2_notifier_init(struct cio2_device *cio2)
 		sizeof(struct sensor_async_subdev),
 		cio2_fwnode_parse);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (list_empty(&cio2->notifier.asd_list))
 		return -ENODEV;	/* no endpoint */
@@ -1514,9 +1514,13 @@ static int cio2_notifier_init(struct cio2_device *cio2)
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&cio2->pci_dev->dev,
 			"failed to register async notifier : %d\n", ret);
-		v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&cio2->notifier);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
+out:
+	if (ret)
+		v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&cio2->notifier);
+
 	return ret;
 }