--- a/sys/dev/netif/ath/ath_hal/ah_eeprom_v4k.c
+++ b/sys/dev/netif/ath/ath_hal/ah_eeprom_v4k.c
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
 			HALDEBUG(ah, HAL_DEBUG_ANY,
 			    "%s eeprom read error at offset 0x%x\n",
 			    __func__, off);
+			ath_hal_free(ee);
 			return HAL_EEREAD;
 		}
 	}
@@ -363,6 +364,7 @@
 	if (sum != 0xffff) {
 		HALDEBUG(ah, HAL_DEBUG_ANY,
 		    "Bad EEPROM checksum 0x%x (Len=%u)\n", sum, len);
+		ath_hal_free(ee);
 		return HAL_EEBADSUM;
 	}
 
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@
 	if (owl_get_eep_ver(ee) != AR5416_EEP_VER) {
 		HALDEBUG(ah, HAL_DEBUG_ANY,
 		    "Bad EEPROM version 0x%x\n", owl_get_eep_ver(ee));
+		ath_hal_free(ee);
 		return HAL_EEBADSUM;
 	}