struct uuid_module *module;
        struct firmware stripped_fw;
        unsigned int safe_file;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        /* Get the FW pointer to derive ADSP header */
        stripped_fw.data = fw->data;
 
        for (i = 0; i < num_entry; i++, mod_entry++) {
                module = kzalloc(sizeof(*module), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!module)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+               if (!module) {
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto free_uuid_list;
+               }
 
                uuid_bin = (uuid_le *)mod_entry->uuid.id;
                memcpy(&module->uuid, uuid_bin, sizeof(module->uuid));
                size = sizeof(int) * mod_entry->instance_max_count;
                module->instance_id = devm_kzalloc(ctx->dev, size, GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!module->instance_id) {
-                       kfree(module);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto free_uuid_list;
                }
 
                list_add_tail(&module->list, &skl->uuid_list);
        }
 
        return 0;
+
+free_uuid_list:
+       skl_freeup_uuid_list(skl);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 void skl_freeup_uuid_list(struct skl_sst *ctx)