diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 2511ccf186af5e8109e869e647f927ede8c8cbfa..423e450efe07cbf9d442f039f7148337251f561b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ void queue_hotplug_event(struct pseries_hp_errorlog *hp_errlog,
 		queue_work(pseries_hp_wq, (struct work_struct *)work);
 	} else {
 		*rc = -ENOMEM;
+		kfree(hp_errlog_copy);
 		complete(hotplug_done);
 	}
 }