diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
index 7e1ae0b12f1e072cce43dbdddc9ad4cc15561c45..a3120f4f7a90e8d0834fd57ca9272455c534f9dd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ int vimc_ent_sd_register(struct vimc_ent_device *ved,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Allocate the pads */
+	/* Allocate the pads. Should be released from the sd_int_op release */
 	ved->pads = vimc_pads_init(num_pads, pads_flag);
 	if (IS_ERR(ved->pads))
 		return PTR_ERR(ved->pads);
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vimc_ent_sd_register);
 void vimc_ent_sd_unregister(struct vimc_ent_device *ved, struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 {
 	media_entity_cleanup(ved->ent);
-	vimc_pads_cleanup(ved->pads);
 	v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vimc_ent_sd_unregister);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-debayer.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-debayer.c
index 2c291447807e25cceada25236b271c43a6d5f7bd..4125159e8f31950705073a56de587ec7fab8fa87 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-debayer.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-debayer.c
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ static void vimc_deb_release(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 	struct vimc_deb_device *vdeb =
 				container_of(sd, struct vimc_deb_device, sd);
 
+	vimc_pads_cleanup(vdeb->ved.pads);
 	kfree(vdeb);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-scaler.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-scaler.c
index f72200de2535317cd8174faedf7d7c0d324a0a3b..1a593d81ea7cc1e63071874f85de325625177418 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-scaler.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-scaler.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ static void vimc_sca_release(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 	struct vimc_sca_device *vsca =
 				container_of(sd, struct vimc_sca_device, sd);
 
+	vimc_pads_cleanup(vsca->ved.pads);
 	kfree(vsca);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
index 1f15637ca8bbf8f72612051e7390d6ea479bb51d..46dc6a535abeb602cc238e5f4c1439de7f8b0b8b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-sensor.c
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ static void vimc_sen_release(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 
 	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&vsen->hdl);
 	tpg_free(&vsen->tpg);
+	vimc_pads_cleanup(vsen->ved.pads);
 	kfree(vsen);
 }