diff --git a/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c b/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
index f8e4bda0f4..715b39ad57 100644
--- a/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
+++ b/util/intelvbttool/intelvbttool.c
@@ -1028,8 +1028,10 @@ static int patch_vbios(struct fileobject *fo,
 	if (old_vbt) {
 		if (oh->vbt_offset + vbt_size(old_vbt) == fo->size) {
 			/* Located at the end of file - reduce file size */
-			if (fo->size < vbt_size(old_vbt))
+			if (fo->size < vbt_size(old_vbt)) {
+				free_fo(old_vbt);
 				return 1;
+			}
 			fo = remalloc_fo(fo, fo->size - vbt_size(old_vbt));
 			if (!fo) {
 				printerr("Failed to allocate memory\n");