diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 7b08bf9499b6..d2a62dd17d79 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static int create_dtb(struct kimage *image,
 
 		/* duplicate a device tree blob */
 		ret = fdt_open_into(initial_boot_params, buf, buf_size);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			vfree(buf);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		ret = setup_dtb(image, initrd_load_addr, initrd_len,
 				cmdline, buf);