diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
index 854d872dfd0f..14f453dd0946 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ int load_other_segments(struct kimage *image,
 			vfree(headers);
 			goto out_err;
 		}
+
+		vfree(image->elf_headers);
 		image->elf_headers = headers;
 		image->elf_load_addr = kbuf.mem;
 		image->elf_headers_sz = headers_sz;