diff --git a/drivers/soundwire/stream.c b/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
index 907a548645b759fc1c9e030de9e4f63204d62b66..42bc701e23040b9f18b3402b9f78732cd4a189ea 100644
--- a/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
+++ b/drivers/soundwire/stream.c
@@ -1182,8 +1182,16 @@ int sdw_stream_add_slave(struct sdw_slave *slave,
 	}
 
 	ret = sdw_config_stream(&slave->dev, stream, stream_config, true);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		/*
+		 * sdw_release_master_stream will release s_rt in slave_rt_list in
+		 * stream_error case, but s_rt is only added to slave_rt_list
+		 * when sdw_config_stream is successful, so free s_rt explicitly
+		 * when sdw_config_stream is failed.
+		 */
+		kfree(s_rt);
 		goto stream_error;
+	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&s_rt->m_rt_node, &m_rt->slave_rt_list);