diff --git a/reactos/drivers/wdm/audio/backpln/portcls/irp.c b/reactos/drivers/wdm/audio/backpln/portcls/irp.c
index 3a6cb53790e..7f5f6042ac4 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/wdm/audio/backpln/portcls/irp.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/wdm/audio/backpln/portcls/irp.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ PortClsPnp(
             if (!NT_SUCCESS(Status))
             {
                 DPRINT("StartDevice returned a failure code [0x%8x]\n", Status);
-                resource_list->lpVtbl->Release(resource_list);
 
                 Irp->IoStatus.Status = Status;
                 IoCompleteRequest(Irp, IO_NO_INCREMENT);