diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
index d234285c2c81186fc096044dcfa309236e7e2d51..c561332e70092b18280fff1843f948b13603289a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_sdio.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static int wl1251_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 	sdio_disable_func(func);
 release:
 	sdio_release_host(func);
+	wl1251_free_hw(wl);
 	return ret;
 }