diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index c105c533ed94..aa27c38fa98d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ static void __cpuinit free_cache_attributes(unsigned int cpu)
 	for (i = 0; i < num_cache_leaves; i++)
 		cache_remove_shared_cpu_map(cpu, i);
 
-	kfree(per_cpu(ici_cpuid4_info, cpu)->l3);
 	kfree(per_cpu(ici_cpuid4_info, cpu));
 	per_cpu(ici_cpuid4_info, cpu) = NULL;
 }