diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
index 810ed1fca10b..54620ae6919b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ struct fb_info *fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(struct fbtft_display *display,
 	return info;
 
 release_framebuf:
+	fb_deferred_io_cleanup(info);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 
 alloc_fail: