diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c
index 270c16464dd94..ff601c0f7c7a0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c
@@ -1001,5 +1001,11 @@ acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(union acpi_operand_object *source_desc,
 		status = acpi_ut_copy_simple_object(source_desc, *dest_desc);
 	}
 
+	/* Delete the allocated object if copy failed */
+
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_ut_remove_reference(*dest_desc);
+	}
+
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }