diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c b/drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c
index f74f22d4d1ffc..52fa01d67c18e 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@ static int scp_load(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 
 	ret = scp->data->scp_before_load(scp);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto leave;
 
 	ret = scp_elf_load_segments(rproc, fw);
+leave:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(scp->clk);
 
 	return ret;