diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
index b9194680cd3ce438faf89a611022abfa3bba0c89..1fc5ec1482cbaf5ea079022cc188c00323fbab95 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
@@ -2943,6 +2943,7 @@ static int qcom_nand_host_init_and_register(struct qcom_nand_controller *nandc,
 		if (!nandc->bam_txn) {
 			dev_err(nandc->dev,
 				"failed to allocate bam transaction\n");
+			nand_cleanup(chip);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}