diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
index 771697508cec..a524cacd89cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ struct fb_info *fbtft_framebuffer_alloc(struct fbtft_display *display,
 	return info;
 
 release_framebuf:
+	fb_deferred_io_cleanup(info);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 
 alloc_fail: