diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
index d589c0065..ee1608fc0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
@@ -1673,8 +1673,10 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
 	inst->ops = &wave5_vpu_enc_inst_ops;
 
 	inst->codec_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst->codec_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!inst->codec_info)
+	if (!inst->codec_info) {
+		kfree(inst);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	v4l2_fh_init(&inst->v4l2_fh, vdev);
 	filp->private_data = &inst->v4l2_fh;