diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
index a2c8d7adb6eb..da370e1d31f4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ int apei_resources_request(struct apei_resources *resources,
 		goto err_unmap_ioport;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	goto arch_res_fini;
+
 err_unmap_ioport:
 	list_for_each_entry(res, &resources->ioport, list) {
 		if (res == res_bak)
@@ -551,7 +552,8 @@ int apei_resources_request(struct apei_resources *resources,
 		release_mem_region(res->start, res->end - res->start);
 	}
 arch_res_fini:
-	apei_resources_fini(&arch_res);
+	if (arch_apei_filter_addr)
+		apei_resources_fini(&arch_res);
 nvs_res_fini:
 	apei_resources_fini(&nvs_resources);
 	return rc;