diff --git a/device_tree.c b/device_tree.c
index df9eed9cbc..4cb1cd50aa 100644
--- a/device_tree.c
+++ b/device_tree.c
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ int qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells_from_array(void *fdt,
     uint64_t value;
     int cellnum, vnum, ncells;
     uint32_t hival;
+    int ret;
 
     propcells = g_new0(uint32_t, numvalues * 2);
 
@@ -331,18 +332,23 @@ int qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells_from_array(void *fdt,
     for (vnum = 0; vnum < numvalues; vnum++) {
         ncells = values[vnum * 2];
         if (ncells != 1 && ncells != 2) {
-            return -1;
+            ret = -1;
+            goto out;
         }
         value = values[vnum * 2 + 1];
         hival = cpu_to_be32(value >> 32);
         if (ncells > 1) {
             propcells[cellnum++] = hival;
         } else if (hival != 0) {
-            return -1;
+            ret = -1;
+            goto out;
         }
         propcells[cellnum++] = cpu_to_be32(value);
     }
 
-    return qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, node_path, property, propcells,
-                            cellnum * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    ret = qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, node_path, property, propcells,
+                           cellnum * sizeof(uint32_t));
+out:
+    g_free(propcells);
+    return ret;
 }