diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
index a26221a6f6c2..c348ea35e47c 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_sysmon.c
@@ -625,7 +625,9 @@ struct qcom_sysmon *qcom_add_sysmon_subdev(struct rproc *rproc,
 		if (sysmon->shutdown_irq != -ENODATA) {
 			dev_err(sysmon->dev,
 				"failed to retrieve shutdown-ack IRQ\n");
-			return ERR_PTR(sysmon->shutdown_irq);
+			ret = sysmon->shutdown_irq;
+			kfree(sysmon);
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(sysmon->dev,
@@ -636,6 +638,7 @@ struct qcom_sysmon *qcom_add_sysmon_subdev(struct rproc *rproc,
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(sysmon->dev,
 				"failed to acquire shutdown-ack IRQ\n");
+			kfree(sysmon);
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		}
 	}