diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
index 4c56b782500db..13672928da997 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm_adsp.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ static int wm_adsp_create_control(struct wm_adsp *dsp,
 	ctl_work = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctl_work), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctl_work) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_ctl_cache;
+		goto err_list_del;
 	}
 
 	ctl_work->dsp = dsp;
@@ -1506,7 +1506,8 @@ static int wm_adsp_create_control(struct wm_adsp *dsp,
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_ctl_cache:
+err_list_del:
+	list_del(&ctl->list);
 	kfree(ctl->cache);
 err_ctl_name:
 	kfree(ctl->name);