diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
index 9e3492e20766..0ac2dd35fe50 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c
@@ -1630,7 +1630,8 @@ fail1:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "fail1\n");
 	if (dev->msi)
 		pci_disable_msi(dev->pdev);
-	free_irq(dev->pdev->irq, dev);
+	if (stat == 0)
+		free_irq(dev->pdev->irq, dev);
 fail:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "fail\n");
 	ddb_unmap(dev);