diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
index 96c0c86f3fff..0297ad95eb5c 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/inode.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ 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 edcd6769a94b..9760a52800b4 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ 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 = {