diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi.c
index 20c9205fdbb41..c09490876516f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ int hfi_core_ping(struct venus_core *core)
 
 	ret = core->ops->core_ping(core, 0xbeef);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto unlock;
 
 	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&core->done, TIMEOUT);
 	if (!ret) {