diff --git a/cmd/gpt.c b/cmd/gpt.c
index 36b112d5978..aeabd19dd76 100644
--- a/cmd/gpt.c
+++ b/cmd/gpt.c
@@ -682,7 +682,8 @@ static int gpt_verify(struct blk_desc *blk_dev_desc, const char *str_part)
 	free(str_disk_guid);
 	free(partitions);
  out:
-	free(gpt_pte);
+	if (!ret)
+		free(gpt_pte);
 	return ret;
 }