diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu-irq.c b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu-irq.c
index f2b902e95b73..d6fd04404e2a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu-irq.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/imx-scu-irq.c
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ int imx_scu_enable_general_irq_channel(struct device *dev)
 	if (IS_ERR(ch)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ch);
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to request mbox chan gip3, ret %d\n", ret);
-		devm_kfree(dev, cl);
-		return ret;
+		goto free_cl;
 	}
 
 	INIT_WORK(&imx_sc_irq_work, imx_scu_irq_work_handler);
@@ -255,6 +254,8 @@ int imx_scu_enable_general_irq_channel(struct device *dev)
 
 free_ch:
 	mbox_free_channel(ch);
+free_cl:
+	devm_kfree(dev, cl);
 
 	return ret;
 }