diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 332a869d2c53e80a6bfb75c5e2bd3009802eca58..ed43e17a5dc68ad6663d28bc5abef135492c2e52 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 		/* execve success */
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
-		kfree(bprm);
+		free_bprm(bprm);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	}
 
 out_kfree:
-	kfree(bprm);
+	free_bprm(bprm);
 
 out_ret:
 	return retval;
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 1f8a24aa1f8bbbf4a88235cfdb0d1341b29fa79a..3c2ba7ce11d46505e2e5d5539179b4435075118a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,12 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(search_binary_handler);
 
+void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	free_arg_pages(bprm);
+	kfree(bprm);
+}
+
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
@@ -1320,17 +1326,15 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm,regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
 		/* execve success */
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
-		kfree(bprm);
+		free_bprm(bprm);
 		if (displaced)
 			put_files_struct(displaced);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
 out:
-	free_arg_pages(bprm);
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
@@ -1344,7 +1348,7 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
 out_kfree:
-	kfree(bprm);
+	free_bprm(bprm);
 
 out_files:
 	if (displaced)
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index b512e48f6d8e9ccbcc811c364cf73a8f85bdd58f..ee0ed48e834809778a946343d6840e446eb9f2b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv,struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void compute_creds(struct linux_binprm *binprm);
 extern int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs);
 extern int set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new);
+extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_BINFMTS_H */