diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
index 1b7bc7d63a2e..4405c8531888 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
@@ -1425,6 +1425,8 @@ struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem_init(struct iosm_pcie *pcie, unsigned int device_id,
 protocol_init_fail:
 	cancel_work_sync(&ipc_imem->run_state_worker);
 	ipc_task_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_task);
+	if (ipc_imem->ipc_protocol)
+		ipc_protocol_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol);
 ipc_task_init_fail:
 	kfree(ipc_imem->ipc_task);
 ipc_task_fail: