diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index 78c3c2097787a1be2ea2bd1757a6c6e5554df72c..46d269e3870652104f2f4b2d52d6643a9250b15b 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ void pstore_get_records(int quiet)
 							big_oops_buf_sz);
 
 			if (unzipped_len > 0) {
+				kfree(buf);
 				buf = big_oops_buf;
 				size = unzipped_len;
 				compressed = false;