diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index 9bc1bf914cc8..25e2ea52db82 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1910,8 +1910,6 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 
 	if (pcpu_setup_first_chunk(ai, fc) < 0)
 		panic("Failed to initialize percpu areas.");
-
-	pcpu_free_alloc_info(ai);
 }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */