diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index b3045530dd4e..4c5cd9368460 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -849,8 +849,10 @@ void pstore_get_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi,
 		record->size = psi->read(record);
 
 		/* No more records left in backend? */
-		if (record->size <= 0)
+		if (record->size <= 0) {
+			kfree(record);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		decompress_record(record);
 		rc = pstore_mkfile(root, record);