diff --git a/grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c
index 28958ae57..27dadc696 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/ia64/efi/linux.c
@@ -618,7 +618,6 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
     }
   grub_printf ("\n");
 
-  initrd_size = grub_file_size (file);
   initrd_pages = (page_align (initrd_size) >> 12);
   initrd_mem = grub_efi_allocate_pages (0, initrd_pages);
   if (! initrd_mem)
diff --git a/grub-core/loader/mips/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/mips/linux.c
index f75f58c4f..7fda817af 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/mips/linux.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/mips/linux.c
@@ -478,10 +478,7 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
 					    GRUB_RELOCATOR_PREFERENCE_NONE);
 
     if (err)
-      {
-	grub_file_close (file);
-	return err;
-      }
+      goto fail;
     initrd_src = get_virtual_current_address (ch);
     initrd_dest = get_physical_target_address (ch) | 0x80000000;
   }
@@ -507,10 +504,7 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
 			  " rd_size=0x%" PRIxGRUB_ADDR, params,
 			  initrd_dest, size);
     if (!tmp)
-      {
-	grub_file_close (file);
-	return grub_errno;
-      }
+      goto fail;
     grub_free (params);
     params = tmp;
   }
@@ -532,9 +526,12 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
 
   initrd_loaded = 1;
 
-  grub_file_close (file);
+ fail:
+  for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++)
+    grub_file_close (files[i]);
+  grub_free (files);
 
-  return GRUB_ERR_NONE;
+  return grub_errno;
 }
 
 static grub_command_t cmd_linux, cmd_initrd;
diff --git a/grub-core/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
index 3308c9c92..b0af5f75d 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/powerpc/ieee1275/linux.c
@@ -380,8 +380,9 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
   initrd_size = size;
 
  fail:
-  if (file)
-    grub_file_close (file);
+  for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++)
+    grub_file_close (files[i]);
+  grub_free (files);
 
   return grub_errno;
 }
diff --git a/grub-core/loader/sparc64/ieee1275/linux.c b/grub-core/loader/sparc64/ieee1275/linux.c
index 697677ef7..7b68f38b0 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/sparc64/ieee1275/linux.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/sparc64/ieee1275/linux.c
@@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ grub_cmd_initrd (grub_command_t cmd __attribute__ ((unused)),
   initrd_size = size;
 
  fail:
-  if (file)
-    grub_file_close (file);
+  for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++)
+    grub_file_close (files[i]);
+  grub_free (files);
 
   return grub_errno;
 }