diff --git a/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c b/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
index 02472f576e1790f7cedbd9b400e26c9298fbb35b..cd92bb6e1da156a494e63799f2f4709bec5bb9fd 100644
--- a/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c
@@ -1359,11 +1359,10 @@ static int i2s_create_secondary_device(struct samsung_i2s_priv *priv)
 
 static void i2s_delete_secondary_device(struct samsung_i2s_priv *priv)
 {
-	if (priv->pdev_sec) {
-		platform_device_del(priv->pdev_sec);
-		priv->pdev_sec = NULL;
-	}
+	platform_device_unregister(priv->pdev_sec);
+	priv->pdev_sec = NULL;
 }
+
 static int samsung_i2s_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct i2s_dai *pri_dai, *sec_dai = NULL;
@@ -1487,14 +1486,14 @@ static int samsung_i2s_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 						sec_dai->filter, "tx-sec", NULL,
 						&pdev->dev);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			goto err_disable_clk;
+			goto err_del_sec;
 
 	}
 
 	if (i2s_pdata && i2s_pdata->cfg_gpio && i2s_pdata->cfg_gpio(pdev)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to configure gpio\n");
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_disable_clk;
+		goto err_del_sec;
 	}
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, priv);
@@ -1503,7 +1502,7 @@ static int samsung_i2s_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					&samsung_i2s_component,
 					priv->dai_drv, num_dais);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_disable_clk;
+		goto err_del_sec;
 
 	pm_runtime_set_active(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
@@ -1518,9 +1517,10 @@ static int samsung_i2s_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 err_disable_pm:
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+err_del_sec:
+	i2s_delete_secondary_device(priv);
 err_disable_clk:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
-	i2s_delete_secondary_device(priv);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1536,9 +1536,10 @@ static int samsung_i2s_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	i2s_unregister_clock_provider(priv);
+	i2s_delete_secondary_device(priv);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
+
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
-	i2s_delete_secondary_device(priv);
 
 	return 0;
 }