diff --git a/fs/proc/etmem_scan.c b/fs/proc/etmem_scan.c
index 94bf125de6072e0f9c187a4cc0fdf0e31227fc9a..2bac5ecd531648766e16c764b520935aac99f07d 100644
--- a/fs/proc/etmem_scan.c
+++ b/fs/proc/etmem_scan.c
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ static ssize_t vm_idle_read(struct file *file, char *buf,
 	ret = pic->bytes_copied;
 	*ppos = pic->next_hva;
 out_kvm:
+	kfree(pic);
 	return ret;
 
 }