diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c
index 2dce6a47202c..9cf962b71cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_oa.c
@@ -1594,6 +1594,10 @@ static long xe_oa_config_locked(struct xe_oa_stream *stream, u64 arg)
 		config = xchg(&stream->oa_config, config);
 		drm_dbg(&stream->oa->xe->drm, "changed to oa config uuid=%s\n",
 			stream->oa_config->uuid);
+	} else {
+		while (param.num_syncs--)
+			xe_sync_entry_cleanup(&param.syncs[param.num_syncs]);
+		kfree(param.syncs);
 	}
 
 err_config_put: