diff --git a/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c b/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
index cdb759b466ad..8617a4661a33 100644
--- a/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/meson/meson-card-utils.c
@@ -50,25 +50,20 @@ int meson_card_reallocate_links(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 			 num_links * sizeof(*priv->card.dai_link),
 			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	if (!links)
-		goto err_links;
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	priv->card.dai_link = links;
+	priv->card.num_links = num_links;
 
 	ldata = krealloc(priv->link_data,
 			 num_links * sizeof(*priv->link_data),
 			 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	/* meson_card_clean_references() will free the links on this error path */
 	if (!ldata)
-		goto err_ldata;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	priv->card.dai_link = links;
 	priv->link_data = ldata;
-	priv->card.num_links = num_links;
 	return 0;
-
-err_ldata:
-	kfree(links);
-err_links:
-	dev_err(priv->card.dev, "failed to allocate links\n");
-	return -ENOMEM;
-
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(meson_card_reallocate_links);