diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index ae6504d07fd6..fb15f09e0e38 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ static void build_initial_tok_table(void)
 				table[pos] = table[i];
 			learn_symbol(table[pos].sym, table[pos].len);
 			pos++;
+		} else {
+			free(table[i].sym);
 		}
 	}
 	table_cnt = pos;