diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/qbman-portal.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/qbman-portal.c
index 0bddb85c0ae5..5a73397ae79e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/qbman-portal.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/qbman-portal.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct qbman_swp *qbman_swp_init(const struct qbman_swp_desc *d)
 	reg = qbman_read_register(p, QBMAN_CINH_SWP_CFG);
 	if (!reg) {
 		pr_err("qbman: the portal is not enabled!\n");
+		kfree(p);
 		return NULL;
 	}