diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 040b03ddc1c7..4a207a3ef7ef 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -542,8 +542,13 @@ static int __ima_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, char *buf,
 
 		rc = ima_collect_measurement(&tmp_iint, file, NULL, 0,
 					     ima_hash_algo, NULL);
-		if (rc < 0)
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			/* ima_hash could be allocated in case of failure. */
+			if (rc != -ENOMEM)
+				kfree(tmp_iint.ima_hash);
+
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
 
 		iint = &tmp_iint;
 		mutex_lock(&iint->mutex);