diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpe.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpe.c
index a7e5a85e72a1..81bd1f9cee30 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/vpe/vpe.c
@@ -2539,7 +2539,8 @@ static int vpe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 						"vpe_top");
 	if (!dev->res) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing 'vpe_top' resources data\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto v4l2_dev_unreg;
 	}
 
 	/*