diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c b/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
index 0ae4e4e57a401..3fb8f9026e9be 100644
--- a/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/ss/hashtab.c
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ int hashtab_duplicate(struct hashtab *new, struct hashtab *orig,
 			kmem_cache_free(hashtab_node_cachep, cur);
 		}
 	}
-	kmem_cache_free(hashtab_node_cachep, new);
+	kfree(new->htable);
+	memset(new, 0, sizeof(*new));
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }