diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-rpmi-sysmsi.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-rpmi-sysmsi.c
index 5c74c561ce3161..612f3972f7af03 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-rpmi-sysmsi.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-riscv-rpmi-sysmsi.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static int rpmi_sysmsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		rc = riscv_acpi_get_gsi_info(fwnode, &priv->gsi_base, &id,
 					     &nr_irqs, NULL);
 		if (rc) {
+			mbox_free_channel(priv->chan);
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to find GSI mapping\n");
 			return rc;
 		}