diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csc-scaler.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csc-scaler.c
index 1fd39a2fca98..95cca281e8a3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csc-scaler.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-csc-scaler.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ static int ipu_csc_scaler_release(struct file *file)
 
 	dev_dbg(priv->dev, "Releasing instance %p\n", ctx);
 
+	v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(&ctx->ctrl_hdlr);
 	v4l2_m2m_ctx_release(ctx->fh.m2m_ctx);
 	v4l2_fh_del(&ctx->fh);
 	v4l2_fh_exit(&ctx->fh);