diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
index 6bd015ac9d68..b5ff45f3c55b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ int imx_drm_add_crtc(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 	return 0;
 
 err_register:
+	list_del(&imx_drm_crtc->list);
 	kfree(imx_drm_crtc);
 err_alloc:
 err_busy: