diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
index 350b3139c863..043cc8f9ef1c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ static int pxa3xx_gcu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
 		ret = pxa3xx_gcu_add_buffer(dev, priv);
 		if (ret) {
+			pxa3xx_gcu_free_buffers(dev, priv);
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate DMA memory\n");
 			goto err_disable_clk;
 		}
@@ -662,15 +663,15 @@ static int pxa3xx_gcu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			SHARED_SIZE, irq);
 	return 0;
 
-err_free_dma:
-	dma_free_coherent(dev, SHARED_SIZE,
-			priv->shared, priv->shared_phys);
+err_disable_clk:
+	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
 
 err_misc_deregister:
 	misc_deregister(&priv->misc_dev);
 
-err_disable_clk:
-	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
+err_free_dma:
+	dma_free_coherent(dev, SHARED_SIZE,
+			  priv->shared, priv->shared_phys);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -683,6 +684,7 @@ static int pxa3xx_gcu_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pxa3xx_gcu_wait_idle(priv);
 	misc_deregister(&priv->misc_dev);
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, SHARED_SIZE, priv->shared, priv->shared_phys);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
 	pxa3xx_gcu_free_buffers(dev, priv);
 
 	return 0;