diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 1035bc7fa55d..57b60cf7194c 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -3841,18 +3841,20 @@ static int __init d40_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	ret = d40_dmaengine_init(base, num_reserved_chans);
 	if (ret)
-		goto destroy_cache;
+		goto release_irq;
 
 	ret = of_dma_controller_register(np, d40_xlate, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev,
 			"could not register of_dma_controller\n");
-		goto destroy_cache;
+		goto release_irq;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(base->dev, "initialized\n");
 	return 0;
 
+ release_irq:
+	free_irq(base->irq, base);
  destroy_cache:
 	if (base->lcla_pool.dma_addr)
 		dma_unmap_single(base->dev, base->lcla_pool.dma_addr,