diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
index c5638e15a2dd..25fca7055464 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-topology.c
@@ -2587,6 +2587,7 @@ int snd_soc_tplg_component_load(struct snd_soc_component *comp,
 	struct snd_soc_tplg_ops *ops, const struct firmware *fw, u32 id)
 {
 	struct soc_tplg tplg;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* setup parsing context */
 	memset(&tplg, 0, sizeof(tplg));
@@ -2600,7 +2601,12 @@ int snd_soc_tplg_component_load(struct snd_soc_component *comp,
 	tplg.bytes_ext_ops = ops->bytes_ext_ops;
 	tplg.bytes_ext_ops_count = ops->bytes_ext_ops_count;
 
-	return soc_tplg_load(&tplg);
+	ret = soc_tplg_load(&tplg);
+	/* free the created components if fail to load topology */
+	if (ret)
+		snd_soc_tplg_component_remove(comp, SND_SOC_TPLG_INDEX_ALL);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_tplg_component_load);