diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
index c9452e02e0dd..c0a50ecb6dbd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
@@ -463,11 +463,15 @@ struct sst_dsp *sst_dsp_new(struct device *dev,
 		goto irq_err;
 
 	err = sst_dma_new(sst);
-	if (err)
-		dev_warn(dev, "sst_dma_new failed %d\n", err);
+	if (err)  {
+		dev_err(dev, "sst_dma_new failed %d\n", err);
+		goto dma_err;
+	}
 
 	return sst;
 
+dma_err:
+	free_irq(sst->irq, sst);
 irq_err:
 	if (sst->ops->free)
 		sst->ops->free(sst);