diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
index 3d47eb3e15dd..73eb39a7a9e1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -713,9 +713,11 @@ void iommu_free_table(struct iommu_table *tbl, const char *node_name)
 	unsigned long bitmap_sz;
 	unsigned int order;
 
-	if (!tbl || !tbl->it_map) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: expected TCE map for %s\n", __func__,
-				node_name);
+	if (!tbl)
+		return;
+
+	if (!tbl->it_map) {
+		kfree(tbl);
 		return;
 	}