diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index d2af47d03b4b..6ee2152f6b01 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -2808,6 +2808,7 @@ static int scmi_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device_node *of_node,
 			"unable to allocate SCMI idr slot err %d\n", ret);
 		/* Destroy channel and device only if created by this call. */
 		if (tdev) {
+			info->desc->ops->chan_free(prot_id, cinfo, idr);
 			of_node_put(of_node);
 			scmi_device_destroy(info->dev, prot_id, name);
 			devm_kfree(info->dev, cinfo);