diff --git a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
index f22654253c43865116c8caff684f3b9013f20e01..540c4a00405c2a3cb62dc945baba8083023c2c0c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/stm/stm32_sai.c
@@ -112,16 +112,21 @@ static int stm32_sai_set_sync(struct stm32_sai_data *sai_client,
 	if (!sai_provider) {
 		dev_err(&sai_client->pdev->dev,
 			"SAI sync provider data not found\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_put_dev;
 	}
 
 	/* Configure sync client */
 	ret = stm32_sai_sync_conf_client(sai_client, synci);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto out_put_dev;
 
 	/* Configure sync provider */
-	return stm32_sai_sync_conf_provider(sai_provider, synco);
+	ret = stm32_sai_sync_conf_provider(sai_provider, synco);
+
+out_put_dev:
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int stm32_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)