diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index 664f957012cdee0247484fed2e157a30b7ec1fc9..aab990339051777c46e98e56aab077caa1030a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ static void virtio_rpmsg_release_device(struct device *dev)
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
 	struct virtio_rpmsg_channel *vch = to_virtio_rpmsg_channel(rpdev);
 
+	kfree(rpdev->driver_override);
 	kfree(vch);
 }