diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8510.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8510.c
index 67325fd..3d998e6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8510.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8510.c
@@ -693,10 +693,9 @@
 	client_template.addr = addr;
 
 	i2c = kmemdup(&client_template, sizeof(client_template), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (i2c == NULL) {
-		kfree(codec);
+	if (i2c == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, codec);
 	codec->control_data = i2c;
 
@@ -714,7 +713,6 @@
 	return ret;
 
 err:
-	kfree(codec);
 	kfree(i2c);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -782,6 +780,9 @@
 #else
 	/* Add other interfaces here */
 #endif
+
+	if (ret != 0)
+		kfree(codec);
 	return ret;
 }