diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index d9f4599dee40a5af77a34148cec042ab7bcb06a4..6ecaf6834844e9fa154bf4b28e5b9512fb07255d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ int ima_store_template(struct ima_template_entry *entry,
 
 	entry->pcr = pcr;
 	result = ima_add_template_entry(entry, violation, op, inode, filename);
-	if (!result && duplicated_entry) {
+	if (result) {
+		kfree(duplicated_entry);
+	} else if (duplicated_entry) {
 		result = ima_add_template_entry(duplicated_entry, violation, op,
 						inode, filename);
 		if (result < 0)