diff --git a/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c b/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
index 59eda55d92a38..1ef9b61077c44 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cardreader/rtsx_usb.c
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ static int rtsx_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	return 0;
 
 out_init_fail:
+	usb_set_intfdata(ucr->pusb_intf, NULL);
 	usb_free_coherent(ucr->pusb_dev, IOBUF_SIZE, ucr->iobuf,
 			ucr->iobuf_dma);
 	return ret;