diff --git a/mt7925/main.c b/mt7925/main.c
index 38d2ed48..142dbba8 100644
--- a/mt7925/main.c
+++ b/mt7925/main.c
@@ -2067,8 +2067,10 @@ mt7925_change_vif_links(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 					     GFP_KERNEL);
 			mlink = devm_kzalloc(dev->mt76.dev, sizeof(*mlink),
 					     GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!mconf || !mlink)
+			if (!mconf || !mlink) {
+				mt792x_mutex_release(dev);
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 		}
 
 		mconfs[link_id] = mconf;