diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index bbd186b8035b..96acd52e380c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ static int cedrus_init_ctrls(struct cedrus_dev *dev, struct cedrus_ctx *ctx)
 	ctrl_size = sizeof(ctrl) * CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT + 1;
 
 	ctx->ctrls = kzalloc(ctrl_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ctx->ctrls)
+	if (!ctx->ctrls) {
+		v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(hdl);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	j = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < CEDRUS_CONTROLS_COUNT; i++) {