diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c b/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
index 83c71ac3418eb8..eaa04ad567933a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-pci-dev.c
@@ -198,9 +198,17 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 
 	dev_dbg(&pci->dev, "PCI DSP detected");
 
+	/* get ops for platform */
+	ops = sof_pci_get_ops(desc);
+	if (!ops) {
+		dev_err(dev, "error: no matching PCI descriptor ops\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci, priv);
 
 	sof_pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*sof_pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -213,14 +221,7 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 
 	ret = pci_request_regions(pci, "Audio DSP");
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* get ops for platform */
-	ops = sof_pci_get_ops(desc);
-	if (!ops) {
-		dev_err(dev, "error: no matching PCI descriptor ops\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+		goto disable_dev;
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_FORCE_NOCODEC_MODE)
 	/* force nocodec mode */
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 	mach = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mach), GFP_KERNEL);
 	ret = sof_nocodec_setup(dev, sof_pdata, mach, desc, ops);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_regions;
 #else
 	/* find machine */
 	mach = snd_soc_acpi_find_machine(desc->machines);
@@ -239,10 +240,11 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 		mach = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*mach), GFP_KERNEL);
 		ret = sof_nocodec_setup(dev, sof_pdata, mach, desc, ops);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			goto release_regions;
 #else
 		dev_err(dev, "No matching ASoC machine driver found - aborting probe\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto release_regions;
 #endif
 	}
 #endif
@@ -261,8 +263,11 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 	sof_pdata->pdev_mach =
 		platform_device_register_data(dev, mach->drv_name, -1,
 					      sof_pdata, sizeof(*sof_pdata));
-	if (IS_ERR(sof_pdata->pdev_mach))
-		return PTR_ERR(sof_pdata->pdev_mach);
+	if (IS_ERR(sof_pdata->pdev_mach)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(sof_pdata->pdev_mach);
+		goto release_regions;
+	}
+
 	dev_dbg(dev, "created machine %s\n",
 		dev_name(&sof_pdata->pdev_mach->dev));
 
@@ -274,8 +279,16 @@ static int sof_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 		platform_device_unregister(sof_pdata->pdev_mach);
 		dev_err(dev, "error: failed to load firmware %s\n",
 			mach->sof_fw_filename);
+		goto release_regions;
 	}
 
+	return ret;
+
+release_regions:
+	pci_release_regions(pci);
+disable_dev:
+	pci_disable_device(pci);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -289,11 +302,19 @@ static void sof_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci)
 	struct sof_pci_priv *priv = pci_get_drvdata(pci);
 	struct snd_sof_pdata *sof_pdata = priv->sof_pdata;
 
+	/* unregister machine driver */
 	platform_device_unregister(sof_pdata->pdev_mach);
+
+	/* unregister sof-audio platform driver */
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->pdev_pcm))
 		platform_device_unregister(priv->pdev_pcm);
+
+	/* release firmware */
 	release_firmware(sof_pdata->fw);
+
+	/* release pci regions and disable device */
 	pci_release_regions(pci);
+	pci_disable_device(pci);
 }
 
 /* PCI IDs */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/utils.c b/sound/soc/sof/utils.c
index 8f2116a453526e..215ea84dfe7e68 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/utils.c
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ int sof_bes_setup(struct device *dev, struct snd_sof_dsp_ops *ops,
 	/* set up BE dai_links */
 	for (i = 0; i < link_num; i++) {
 		snprintf(name, 32, "NoCodec-%d", i);
-		links[i].name = kmemdup(name, sizeof(name), GFP_KERNEL);
+		links[i].name = devm_kstrdup(dev, name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!links[i].name)
-			goto no_mem;
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		links[i].id = i;
 		links[i].no_pcm = 1;
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ int sof_bes_setup(struct device *dev, struct snd_sof_dsp_ops *ops,
 	card->num_links = link_num;
 
 	return 0;
-no_mem:
-	/* free allocated memories and return error */
-	for (; i > 0; i--)
-		kfree(links[i - 1].name);
-
-	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sof_bes_setup);