diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
index c0d8c882b247947040cade96e7e02f5eed9e62fd..dd449945e1e5e2f265b0819cbe8ca856f5b6717e 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ __thermal_cooling_device_register(struct device_node *np,
 out_ida_remove:
 	ida_simple_remove(&thermal_cdev_ida, id);
 out_kfree_cdev:
+	kfree(cdev);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }