diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index ac5c626b44a9ae..bb4be7435ce34b 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
 	fc = __alloc_bootmem(unit_size, PAGE_SIZE, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
 	if (!ai || !fc)
 		panic("Failed to allocate memory for percpu areas.");
+	/* kmemleak tracks the percpu allocations separately */
+	kmemleak_free(fc);
 
 	ai->dyn_size = unit_size;
 	ai->unit_size = unit_size;