diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c b/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c
index f2b4ddd31177..292061090444 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/cadence/cdns-csi2rx.c
@@ -407,8 +407,10 @@ static int csi2rx_parse_dt(struct csi2rx_priv *csi2rx)
 							   fwh,
 							   struct v4l2_async_subdev);
 	of_node_put(ep);
-	if (IS_ERR(asd))
+	if (IS_ERR(asd)) {
+		v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&csi2rx->notifier);
 		return PTR_ERR(asd);
+	}
 
 	csi2rx->notifier.ops = &csi2rx_notifier_ops;
 
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ static int csi2rx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_cleanup:
+	v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(&csi2rx->notifier);
 	v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&csi2rx->notifier);
 err_free_priv:
 	kfree(csi2rx);
@@ -481,6 +484,8 @@ static int csi2rx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct csi2rx_priv *csi2rx = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	v4l2_async_notifier_unregister(&csi2rx->notifier);
+	v4l2_async_notifier_cleanup(&csi2rx->notifier);
 	v4l2_async_unregister_subdev(&csi2rx->subdev);
 	kfree(csi2rx);