diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/pcm.c
index f15385683d9c..9baaad13a273 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/catpt/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/catpt/pcm.c
@@ -417,8 +417,10 @@ static int catpt_dai_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 		return CATPT_IPC_ERROR(ret);
 
 	ret = catpt_dai_apply_usettings(dai, stream);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		catpt_ipc_free_stream(cdev, stream->info.stream_hw_id);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	stream->allocated = true;
 	return 0;