diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index aaba847d79eb..eb297e1015e0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,16 @@ void cfg80211_dev_free(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(scan, tmp, &rdev->bss_list, list)
 		cfg80211_put_bss(&rdev->wiphy, &scan->pub);
 	mutex_destroy(&rdev->wiphy.mtx);
+
+	/*
+	 * The 'regd' can only be non-NULL if we never finished
+	 * initializing the wiphy and thus never went through the
+	 * unregister path - e.g. in failure scenarios. Thus, it
+	 * cannot have been visible to anyone if non-NULL, so we
+	 * can just free it here.
+	 */
+	kfree(rcu_dereference_raw(rdev->wiphy.regd));
+
 	kfree(rdev);
 }