diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.c
index 2eef245c31a1..93121c90d76a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/cal.c
@@ -624,8 +624,10 @@ static struct cal_ctx *cal_ctx_create(struct cal_dev *cal, int inst)
 	ctx->cport = inst;
 
 	ret = cal_ctx_v4l2_init(ctx);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(ctx);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	return ctx;
 }