diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index fb0fb342bf96..8edb4aed5d36 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -366,10 +366,12 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 	/* it is now safe to add the virtio device */
 	ret = rproc_add_virtio_dev(rvdev, rsc->id);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_rvdev;
+		goto remove_rvdev;
 
 	return 0;
 
+remove_rvdev:
+	list_del(&rvdev->node);
 free_rvdev:
 	kfree(rvdev);
 	return ret;