diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
index 15a27a2cd0ca..fad1eb6253d5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-es8328.c
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ static int imx_es8328_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto fail;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	comp = devm_kzalloc(dev, 3 * sizeof(*comp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!comp) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto fail;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	data->dev = dev;
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ static int imx_es8328_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_card_name(&data->card, "model");
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unable to parse card name\n");
-		goto fail;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_audio_routing(&data->card, "audio-routing");
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unable to parse routing: %d\n", ret);
-		goto fail;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 	data->card.num_links = 1;
 	data->card.owner = THIS_MODULE;
@@ -196,10 +196,12 @@ static int imx_es8328_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = snd_soc_register_card(&data->card);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unable to register: %d\n", ret);
-		goto fail;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
+put_device:
+	put_device(&ssi_pdev->dev);
 fail:
 	of_node_put(ssi_np);
 	of_node_put(codec_np);