diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
index 798f35ef60339c..a9ce2dcb747c19 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ int snd_sof_load_firmware_raw(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: request firmware %s failed err: %d\n",
 			fw_filename, ret);
+		goto err;
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "request_firmware %s successful\n",
 			fw_filename);
@@ -663,6 +664,7 @@ int snd_sof_load_firmware_raw(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 			fw_filename, ret);
 	}
 
+err:
 	kfree(fw_filename);
 
 	return ret;