diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/max98088.c b/sound/soc/codecs/max98088.c
index 470cb93b1d1f0a3e5d6caffb69e466cf7f5815d4..d63e28773eb1841ac7bdd06af0d37a0d5c03013b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/max98088.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/max98088.c
@@ -2019,7 +2019,10 @@ static int max98088_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 
 static int max98088_remove(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 {
+       struct max98088_priv *max98088 = snd_soc_codec_get_drvdata(codec);
+
        max98088_set_bias_level(codec, SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF);
+       kfree(max98088->eq_texts);
 
        return 0;
 }