diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
index c77401f184d7..5f6376c3269a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-media-csi.c
@@ -638,8 +638,10 @@ static int imx7_csi_init(struct imx7_csi *csi)
 	imx7_csi_configure(csi);
 
 	ret = imx7_csi_dma_setup(csi);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		clk_disable_unprepare(csi->mclk);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }