diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
index 9bd115484745..5f0e596b0519 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/irq.c
@@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata pciirq_dmi_table[] = {
 
 void __init pcibios_irq_init(void)
 {
+	struct irq_routing_table *rtable = NULL;
+
 	DBG(KERN_DEBUG "PCI: IRQ init\n");
 
 	if (raw_pci_ops == NULL)
@@ -1127,8 +1129,10 @@ void __init pcibios_irq_init(void)
 	pirq_table = pirq_find_routing_table();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_BIOS
-	if (!pirq_table && (pci_probe & PCI_BIOS_IRQ_SCAN))
+	if (!pirq_table && (pci_probe & PCI_BIOS_IRQ_SCAN)) {
 		pirq_table = pcibios_get_irq_routing_table();
+		rtable = pirq_table;
+	}
 #endif
 	if (pirq_table) {
 		pirq_peer_trick();
@@ -1143,8 +1147,10 @@ void __init pcibios_irq_init(void)
 		 * If we're using the I/O APIC, avoid using the PCI IRQ
 		 * routing table
 		 */
-		if (io_apic_assign_pci_irqs)
+		if (io_apic_assign_pci_irqs) {
+			kfree(rtable);
 			pirq_table = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	x86_init.pci.fixup_irqs();