diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
index 14ab16e1369f..1203de8aab99 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-mcasp.c
@@ -1758,8 +1758,10 @@ static int davinci_mcasp_get_dma_type(struct davinci_mcasp *mcasp)
 				PTR_ERR(chan));
 		return PTR_ERR(chan);
 	}
-	if (WARN_ON(!chan->device || !chan->device->dev))
+	if (WARN_ON(!chan->device || !chan->device->dev)) {
+		dma_release_channel(chan);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (chan->device->dev->of_node)
 		ret = of_property_read_string(chan->device->dev->of_node,