diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
index 5a569bb513498478d545a3d08ff41bd2fdebbf9a..02662e72c53dc4557b4b32a5f555975665e22adc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/elf_64.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 	ret = setup_new_fdt_ppc64(image, fdt, initrd_load_addr,
 				  initrd_len, cmdline);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_free_fdt;
 
 	fdt_pack(fdt);
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 	kbuf.mem = KEXEC_BUF_MEM_UNKNOWN;
 	ret = kexec_add_buffer(&kbuf);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_free_fdt;
 
 	/* FDT will be freed in arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup */
 	image->arch.fdt = fdt;
@@ -140,18 +140,14 @@ static void *elf64_load(struct kimage *image, char *kernel_buf,
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("Error setting up the purgatory.\n");
 
+	goto out;
+
+out_free_fdt:
+	kvfree(fdt);
 out:
 	kfree(modified_cmdline);
 	kexec_free_elf_info(&elf_info);
 
-	/*
-	 * Once FDT buffer has been successfully passed to kexec_add_buffer(),
-	 * the FDT buffer address is saved in image->arch.fdt. In that case,
-	 * the memory cannot be freed here in case of any other error.
-	 */
-	if (ret && !image->arch.fdt)
-		kvfree(fdt);
-
 	return ret ? ERR_PTR(ret) : NULL;
 }