diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index aef24a4c9826..306b3cc6ab13 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1400,15 +1400,13 @@ static int qcom_glink_rx_open(struct qcom_glink *glink, unsigned int rcid,
 
 		ret = rpmsg_register_device(rpdev);
 		if (ret)
-			goto free_rpdev;
+			goto rcid_remove;
 
 		channel->rpdev = rpdev;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-free_rpdev:
-	kfree(rpdev);
 rcid_remove:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&glink->idr_lock, flags);
 	idr_remove(&glink->rcids, channel->rcid);