diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c
index cddb0ef5b9b75a1cfee09ecd4ee3cbef0c6febbb..d2a7b61237434c2155e8c990566ddeabe8728fba 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utobject.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_package_object(u32 count)
 	package_elements = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(((acpi_size) count +
 						 1) * sizeof(void *));
 	if (!package_elements) {
-		acpi_ut_remove_reference(package_desc);
+		ACPI_FREE(package_desc);
 		return_PTR(NULL);
 	}