diff --git a/drivers/dma/omap-dma.c b/drivers/dma/omap-dma.c
index 1dfc71c90123..57b6e6ca14a8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/omap-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/omap-dma.c
@@ -1199,8 +1199,10 @@ static int omap_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 		rc = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, omap_dma_irq,
 				      IRQF_SHARED, "omap-dma-engine", od);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
+			omap_dma_free(od);
 			return rc;
+		}
 	}
 
 	rc = dma_async_device_register(&od->ddev);