diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
index 5315b7422b98bc2c984dab9f5ce823c24bb02ac3..c7816d52ad0852205623c646b273d99a6832b15f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-topology.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ int skl_tplg_init(struct snd_soc_platform *platform, struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus)
 	release_firmware(fw);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(bus->dev, "tplg component load failed%d\n", ret);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}