diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
index e3038c18ca36..a4387ed58cac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-dec.c
@@ -1753,8 +1753,10 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_dec(struct file *filp)
 	spin_lock_init(&inst->state_spinlock);
 
 	inst->codec_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst->codec_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!inst->codec_info)
+	if (!inst->codec_info) {
+		kfree(inst);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	v4l2_fh_init(&inst->v4l2_fh, vdev);
 	v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh, filp);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
index 9bfaa9fb3ceb..94fb5d7c8702 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/chips-media/wave5/wave5-vpu-enc.c
@@ -1578,8 +1578,10 @@ static int wave5_vpu_open_enc(struct file *filp)
 	inst->ops = &wave5_vpu_enc_inst_ops;
 
 	inst->codec_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst->codec_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!inst->codec_info)
+	if (!inst->codec_info) {
+		kfree(inst);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	v4l2_fh_init(&inst->v4l2_fh, vdev);
 	v4l2_fh_add(&inst->v4l2_fh, filp);