diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_scp.c b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_scp.c
index 27f08b1d34d1..e13f09d88354 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_scp.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_scp.c
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ struct mtk_vcodec_fw *mtk_vcodec_fw_scp_init(struct mtk_vcodec_dev *dev)
 	}
 
 	fw = devm_kzalloc(&dev->plat_dev->dev, sizeof(*fw), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fw)
+	if (!fw) {
+		scp_put(scp);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 	fw->type = SCP;
 	fw->ops = &mtk_vcodec_rproc_msg;
 	fw->scp = scp;