diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
index 2e81877f640f..ad71c0402ef3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/verisilicon/hantro_drv.c
@@ -771,8 +771,10 @@ static int hantro_register_entity(struct media_device *mdev,
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = media_device_register_entity(mdev, entity);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		media_entity_cleanup(entity);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -860,12 +862,13 @@ static int hantro_attach_func(struct hantro_dev *vpu,
 
 err_rel_entity2:
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->sink);
-
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->sink);
 err_rel_entity1:
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->proc);
-
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->proc);
 err_rel_entity0:
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->vdev.entity);
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->vdev.entity);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -878,6 +881,9 @@ static void hantro_detach_func(struct hantro_func *func)
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->sink);
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->proc);
 	media_device_unregister_entity(&func->vdev.entity);
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->sink);
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->proc);
+	media_entity_cleanup(&func->vdev.entity);
 }
 
 static int hantro_add_func(struct hantro_dev *vpu, unsigned int funcid)