diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index c6ff4d5fa482e09f3aac5ad723e1510d364a099d..b50968f0ce2e14ccf8415f6aaa795dd4e4a5038e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -2037,11 +2037,7 @@ int pinctrl_enable(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev)
 
 	error = pinctrl_claim_hogs(pctldev);
 	if (error) {
-		dev_err(pctldev->dev, "could not claim hogs: %i\n",
-			error);
-		mutex_destroy(&pctldev->mutex);
-		kfree(pctldev);
-
+		dev_err(pctldev->dev, "could not claim hogs: %i\n", error);
 		return error;
 	}