diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index 71fccccf317e..5decb3e06563 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	var->var.VariableName[i] = '\0';
 
 	inode->i_private = var;
+	kmemleak_ignore(var);
 
 	err = efivar_entry_add(var, &efivarfs_list);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 7808a26bd33f..834615f13f3e 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ LIST_HEAD(efivarfs_list);
 static void efivarfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	clear_inode(inode);
-	kfree(inode->i_private);
 }
 
 static const struct super_operations efivarfs_ops = {