diff --git a/subsys/suit/platform/src/suit_plat_digest.c b/subsys/suit/platform/src/suit_plat_digest.c
index 7427469f43ee..c8456b5fe1b3 100644
--- a/subsys/suit/platform/src/suit_plat_digest.c
+++ b/subsys/suit/platform/src/suit_plat_digest.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ int suit_plat_check_digest(enum suit_cose_alg alg_id, struct zcbor_string *diges
 	err = digest_sink.write(digest_sink.ctx, (uint8_t *)payload->value, payload->len);
 	if (err != SUIT_PLAT_SUCCESS) {
 		LOG_ERR("Failed to write to stream: %d", err);
+		(void)digest_sink.release(digest_sink.ctx);
 		return suit_plat_err_to_processor_err_convert(err);
 	}
 
diff --git a/subsys/suit/stream/stream_sinks/src/suit_sdfw_recovery_sink.c b/subsys/suit/stream/stream_sinks/src/suit_sdfw_recovery_sink.c
index d78564ab87e0..64541d54c78d 100644
--- a/subsys/suit/stream/stream_sinks/src/suit_sdfw_recovery_sink.c
+++ b/subsys/suit/stream/stream_sinks/src/suit_sdfw_recovery_sink.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static digest_sink_err_t verify_digest(uint8_t *buf, size_t buf_size, psa_algori
 	err = digest_sink.write(digest_sink.ctx, buf, buf_size);
 	if (err != SUIT_PLAT_SUCCESS) {
 		LOG_ERR("Failed to write to stream: %d", err);
+		(void)digest_sink.release(digest_sink.ctx);
 		return err;
 	}