diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c
index 91cb6223561a..397f3115af5b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti/davinci/vpif_capture.c
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ err_cleanup:
 static int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct vpif_subdev_info *subdevdata;
-	struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap;
+	struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap = NULL;
 	int subdev_count;
 	int res_idx = 0;
 	int i, err;
@@ -1692,9 +1692,12 @@ static int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	i2c_put_adapter(i2c_adap);
+
 	return 0;
 
 probe_subdev_out:
+	i2c_put_adapter(i2c_adap);
 	v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&vpif_obj.notifier);
 	/* free sub devices memory */
 	kfree(vpif_obj.sd);