diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
index ff30fcb43f47..5372b708fae2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ int arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(struct kimage *image)
 	kvfree(image->arch.fdt);
 	image->arch.fdt = NULL;
 
+	vfree(image->elf_headers);
+	image->elf_headers = NULL;
+	image->elf_headers_sz = 0;
+
 	return kexec_image_post_load_cleanup_default(image);
 }