diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 9636e17c9f5d709ae735d60bccddd3d2bc481470..0356e1d437ca31cde30910567128168dbfd0a5ca 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ int ima_alloc_init_template(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 			    int xattr_len, struct ima_template_entry **entry);
 int ima_store_template(struct ima_template_entry *entry, int violation,
 		       struct inode *inode, const unsigned char *filename);
+void ima_free_template_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry);
 const char *ima_d_path(struct path *path, char **pathbuf);
 
 /* rbtree tree calls to lookup, insert, delete
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
index 80374842fe0bb4cfef8a7dec8144eeff5278d408..c38bbce8c6a629e246d8f6bef7557e224707d88b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_api.c
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@
 #include <crypto/hash_info.h>
 #include "ima.h"
 
+/*
+ * ima_free_template_entry - free an existing template entry
+ */
+void ima_free_template_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < entry->template_desc->num_fields; i++)
+		kfree(entry->template_data[i].data);
+
+	kfree(entry);
+}
+
 /*
  * ima_alloc_init_template - create and initialize a new template entry
  */
@@ -37,6 +50,7 @@ int ima_alloc_init_template(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	if (!*entry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	(*entry)->template_desc = template_desc;
 	for (i = 0; i < template_desc->num_fields; i++) {
 		struct ima_template_field *field = template_desc->fields[i];
 		u32 len;
@@ -51,10 +65,9 @@ int ima_alloc_init_template(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 		(*entry)->template_data_len += sizeof(len);
 		(*entry)->template_data_len += len;
 	}
-	(*entry)->template_desc = template_desc;
 	return 0;
 out:
-	kfree(*entry);
+	ima_free_template_entry(*entry);
 	*entry = NULL;
 	return result;
 }
@@ -134,7 +147,7 @@ void ima_add_violation(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
 	}
 	result = ima_store_template(entry, violation, inode, filename);
 	if (result < 0)
-		kfree(entry);
+		ima_free_template_entry(entry);
 err_out:
 	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_PCR, inode, filename,
 			    op, cause, result, 0);
@@ -269,7 +282,7 @@ void ima_store_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
 	if (!result || result == -EEXIST)
 		iint->flags |= IMA_MEASURED;
 	if (result < 0)
-		kfree(entry);
+		ima_free_template_entry(entry);
 }
 
 void ima_audit_measurement(struct integrity_iint_cache *iint,
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
index 15f34bd40abed1530216be53c59658b6245d280b..37122768554a9e69d4866f9c9a72864f157afef3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_init.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static void __init ima_add_boot_aggregate(void)
 		result = ima_calc_boot_aggregate(&hash.hdr);
 		if (result < 0) {
 			audit_cause = "hashing_error";
-			kfree(entry);
 			goto err_out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ static void __init ima_add_boot_aggregate(void)
 	result = ima_store_template(entry, violation, NULL,
 				    boot_aggregate_name);
 	if (result < 0)
-		kfree(entry);
+		ima_free_template_entry(entry);
 	return;
 err_out:
 	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_PCR, NULL, boot_aggregate_name, op,