diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 94a36ee8eb22..f0fa289c90d8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1986,7 +1986,6 @@ static int snd_soc_instantiate_card(struct snd_soc_card *card)
 	for_each_card_prelinks(card, i, dai_link) {
 		ret = soc_init_dai_link(card, dai_link);
 		if (ret) {
-			soc_cleanup_card_resources(card);
 			dev_err(card->dev, "ASoC: failed to init link %s: %d\n",
 				dai_link->name, ret);
 			mutex_unlock(&client_mutex);