diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
index e3e085e33d46bffff855307269592d0452aa92e6..9065d3e71ff7683a02a3183aa9f7cbf8f491cf4f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
@@ -1613,8 +1613,10 @@ static int fastrpc_rpmsg_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 					    domains[domain_id]);
 	data->miscdev.fops = &fastrpc_fops;
 	err = misc_register(&data->miscdev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(data);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	kref_init(&data->refcount);