diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index 076da025ba84..4008ceb77c5b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -689,7 +689,8 @@ static int wm_adsp_load(struct wm_adsp *dsp)
 						&buf_list);
 			if (!buf) {
 				adsp_err(dsp, "Out of memory\n");
-				return -ENOMEM;
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto out_fw;
 			}
 
 			ret = regmap_raw_write_async(regmap, reg, buf->buf,