diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 67f581d0c488..bb78316f8120 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 	/* remember the resource offset*/
 	rvdev->rsc_offset = offset;
 
+	/* allocate the vring resources */
+	for (i = 0; i < rsc->num_of_vrings; i++) {
+		ret = rproc_alloc_vring(rvdev, i);
+		if (ret)
+			goto unwind_vring_allocations;
+	}
+
 	list_add_tail(&rvdev->node, &rproc->rvdevs);
 
 	/* it is now safe to add the virtio device */
@@ -379,6 +386,9 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 
 	return 0;
 
+unwind_vring_allocations:
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
+		rproc_free_vring(&rvdev->vring[i]);
 remove_rvdev:
 	list_del(&rvdev->node);
 free_rvdev:
@@ -389,6 +399,16 @@ free_rvdev:
 void rproc_vdev_release(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = container_of(ref, struct rproc_vdev, refcount);
+	struct rproc_vring *rvring;
+	int id;
+
+	for (id = 0; id < ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring); id++) {
+		rvring = &rvdev->vring[id];
+		if (!rvring->va)
+			continue;
+
+		rproc_free_vring(rvring);
+	}
 
 	list_del(&rvdev->node);
 	kfree(rvdev);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index 0d1ad3ed149d..364411fb7734 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	struct rproc_vring *rvring;
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	void *addr;
-	int len, size, ret;
+	int len, size;
 
 	/* we're temporarily limited to two virtqueues per rvdev */
 	if (id >= ARRAY_SIZE(rvdev->vring))
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret = rproc_alloc_vring(rvdev, id);
-	if (ret)
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-
 	rvring = &rvdev->vring[id];
 	addr = rvring->va;
 	len = rvring->len;
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ static void __rproc_virtio_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		rvring = vq->priv;
 		rvring->vq = NULL;
 		vring_del_virtqueue(vq);
-		rproc_free_vring(rvring);
 	}
 }