diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
index c435a393e0cb..9f559a13d409 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_postproc.c
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ int hantro_postproc_init(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_buffers; i++) {
 		ret = hantro_postproc_alloc(ctx, i);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			hantro_postproc_free(ctx);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;