diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index f08e056ed0ae4506db5f6336534b4095ea4cc388..b436342115af36986751529273ba94a42806bd71 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static void fw_cfg_sysfs_cache_cleanup(void)
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, next, &fw_cfg_entry_cache, list) {
 		fw_cfg_sysfs_cache_delist(entry);
+		kobject_del(&entry->kobj);
 		kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
 	}
 }