diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
index b6a77c8d439c..9c380351d2f9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static int atmel_ecdh_init_tfm(struct crypto_kpp *tfm)
 	if (IS_ERR(fallback)) {
 		dev_err(&ctx->client->dev, "Failed to allocate transformation for '%s': %ld\n",
 			alg, PTR_ERR(fallback));
+		atmel_ecc_i2c_client_free(ctx->client);
 		return PTR_ERR(fallback);
 	}