diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
index aa2ea563f25f..1049c583f84f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
@@ -535,8 +535,10 @@ static int qat_dh_init_tfm(struct crypto_kpp *tfm)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ctx->ftfm = crypto_alloc_kpp(alg, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_NEED_FALLBACK);
-	if (IS_ERR(ctx->ftfm))
+	if (IS_ERR(ctx->ftfm)) {
+		qat_crypto_put_instance(inst);
 		return PTR_ERR(ctx->ftfm);
+	}
 
 	crypto_kpp_set_flags(ctx->ftfm, crypto_kpp_get_flags(tfm));