diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
index 4d5f85b7e6bb..e0eb7240a985 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-single.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,8 @@ static int pcs_irq_init_chained_handler(struct pcs_device *pcs,
 					       &pcs_irqdomain_ops,
 					       pcs_soc);
 	if (!pcs->domain) {
-		irq_set_chained_handler(pcs_soc->irq, NULL);
+		pcs_irq_free(pcs);
+		pcs_soc->irq = -1;
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}