diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
index a7a0a1acae99..fb8bc950aceb 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_secfs.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static ssize_t evm_read_xattrs(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 	mutex_unlock(&xattr_list_mutex);
 	rc = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, temp, strlen(temp));
 
+	kfree(temp);
+
 	return rc;
 }