diff --git a/lib/digsig.c b/lib/digsig.c
index 8c0e629..dc2be7e 100644
--- a/lib/digsig.c
+++ b/lib/digsig.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
 	memset(out1, 0, head);
 	memcpy(out1 + head, p, l);
 
+	kfree(p);
+
 	err = pkcs_1_v1_5_decode_emsa(out1, len, mblen, out2, &len);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;