diff --git a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
index 083da31dc3ea..ed3c01d2e8ae 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c
@@ -837,8 +837,10 @@ struct clk_hw *__imx_clk_gpr_scu(const char *name, const char * const *parent_na
 	if (!clk_node)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	if (!imx_scu_clk_is_valid(rsrc_id))
+	if (!imx_scu_clk_is_valid(rsrc_id)) {
+		kfree(clk_node);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
 
 	clk = kzalloc(sizeof(*clk), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!clk) {