diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
index 9730c88530fc8b4c0a6c0bfc770acd087524ea10..305514431f26e03d9b50709cdaa4a2732f74e5c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
@@ -401,10 +401,8 @@ int crash_load_segments(struct kimage *image)
 	kbuf.buf_align = ELF_CORE_HEADER_ALIGN;
 	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
-	if (ret) {
-		vfree((void *)image->elf_headers);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 	image->elf_load_addr = kbuf.mem;
 	pr_debug("Loaded ELF headers at 0x%lx bufsz=0x%lx memsz=0x%lx\n",
 		 image->elf_load_addr, kbuf.bufsz, kbuf.memsz);