diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
index a59bd352d342..5a649da9122a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-pcm.c
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ static int omap_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 	}
 
 out:
+	/* free preallocated buffers in case of error */
+	if (ret)
+		omap_pcm_free_dma_buffers(pcm);
+
 	return ret;
 }