diff --git a/src/northbridge/amd/pi/00730F01/northbridge.c b/src/northbridge/amd/pi/00730F01/northbridge.c
index 377d91eeae..ba17c614e5 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/amd/pi/00730F01/northbridge.c
+++ b/src/northbridge/amd/pi/00730F01/northbridge.c
@@ -491,11 +491,6 @@ static void add_ivrs_device_entries(struct device *parent, struct device *dev,
 	unsigned int header_type;
 	unsigned int is_pcie;
 
-	if (!root_level) {
-		root_level = malloc(sizeof(int8_t));
-		*root_level = -1;
-	}
-
 	if (dev->path.type == DEVICE_PATH_PCI) {
 
 		if ((dev->bus->secondary == 0x0) &&
@@ -536,8 +531,6 @@ static void add_ivrs_device_entries(struct device *parent, struct device *dev,
 		     sibling->sibling)
 			add_ivrs_device_entries(dev, sibling, depth + 1, depth,
 						root_level, current, length);
-
-	free(root_level);
 }
 
 unsigned long acpi_fill_ivrs_ioapic(acpi_ivrs_t *ivrs, unsigned long current)
@@ -643,7 +636,8 @@ static unsigned long acpi_fill_ivrs(acpi_ivrs_t *ivrs, unsigned long current)
 	current += 8;
 
 	/* Describe PCI devices */
-	add_ivrs_device_entries(NULL, all_devices, 0, -1, NULL, &current,
+	int8_t root_level = -1;
+	add_ivrs_device_entries(NULL, all_devices, 0, -1, &root_level, &current,
 				&ivrs->ivhd.length);
 
 	/* Describe IOAPICs */
diff --git a/src/southbridge/amd/sr5650/sr5650.c b/src/southbridge/amd/sr5650/sr5650.c
index 90ca5641cc..8131e77e5f 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/amd/sr5650/sr5650.c
+++ b/src/southbridge/amd/sr5650/sr5650.c
@@ -725,13 +725,6 @@ static void add_ivrs_device_entries(struct device *parent, struct device *dev,
 	struct device *sibling;
 	struct bus *link;
 
-	if (!root_level) {
-		root_level = malloc(sizeof(int8_t));
-		if (root_level == NULL)
-			die("Error: Could not allocate a byte!\n");
-		*root_level = -1;
-	}
-
 	if ((dev->path.type == DEVICE_PATH_PCI) &&
 		(dev->bus->secondary == 0x0) && (dev->path.pci.devfn == 0x0))
 		*root_level = depth;
@@ -798,9 +791,6 @@ static void add_ivrs_device_entries(struct device *parent, struct device *dev,
 			sibling = sibling->sibling)
 			add_ivrs_device_entries(dev, sibling, depth + 1,
 				depth, root_level, current, length);
-
-	if (depth == 0)
-		free(root_level);
 }
 
 unsigned long acpi_fill_mcfg(unsigned long current)
@@ -879,7 +869,8 @@ static unsigned long acpi_fill_ivrs(acpi_ivrs_t *ivrs, unsigned long current)
 	current += 8;
 
 	/* Describe PCI devices */
-	add_ivrs_device_entries(NULL, all_devices, 0, -1, NULL, &current,
+	int8_t root_level = -1;
+	add_ivrs_device_entries(NULL, all_devices, 0, -1, &root_level, &current,
 			&ivrs->ivhd.length);
 
 	/* Describe IOAPICs */