diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
index bb6b981e55d1..42a2d90bb705 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/topology.c
@@ -2551,6 +2551,8 @@ int snd_sof_load_topology(struct snd_soc_component *scomp, const char *file)
 		if (strstr(file, "dummy")) {
 			dev_err(scomp->dev,
 				"Function topology is required, please upgrade sof-firmware\n");
+
+			kfree(tplg_files);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		tplg_files[0] = file;