diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
index 7dddf77a62cf..30c148b9d65e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int load_c8sectpfe_fw(struct c8sectpfei *fei)
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(fei->dev, "c8sectpfe_elf_sanity_check failed err=(%d)\n"
 			, err);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		return err;
 	}