diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index e938d324e5cfa..9f1810f87bb6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -1569,6 +1569,7 @@ void nsim_dev_remove(struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev)
 				  ARRAY_SIZE(nsim_devlink_params));
 	devlink_unregister(devlink);
 	devlink_resources_unregister(devlink, NULL);
+	kfree(nsim_dev->fa_cookie);
 	devlink_free(devlink);
 }