diff --git a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
index 43e7651991371b5ea292d0d379f8dcfd72dfeab4..c6537a1b3a2ec13ac2f32f7f82f87d7406cb53cb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/surface/aggregator/controller.c
@@ -1700,8 +1700,10 @@ int ssam_request_sync(struct ssam_controller *ctrl,
 		return status;
 
 	status = ssam_request_sync_init(rqst, spec->flags);
-	if (status)
+	if (status) {
+		ssam_request_sync_free(rqst);
 		return status;
+	}
 
 	ssam_request_sync_set_resp(rqst, rsp);