diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c
index 62f5c5cbd7f9..7ab2ad2c5ba9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_discovery.c
@@ -1325,6 +1325,8 @@ static int amdgpu_discovery_sysfs_ips(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 			ip_hw_instance->kobj.kset = &ip_hw_id->hw_id_kset;
 			res = kobject_add(&ip_hw_instance->kobj, NULL,
 					  "%d", ip_hw_instance->num_instance);
+			if (res)
+				kobject_put(&ip_hw_instance->kobj);
 next_ip:
 			if (reg_base_64)
 				ip_offset += struct_size(ip, base_address_64,