diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/nvgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/nvgpu.c
index 2f84dc6eb..172922c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/nvgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/nvgpu.c
@@ -139,5 +139,8 @@ fail:
 
 void nvgpu_posix_cleanup(struct gk20a *g)
 {
+	struct nvgpu_os_posix *p = nvgpu_os_posix_from_gk20a(g);
+
 	nvgpu_kmem_fini(g, 0);
+	free(p);
 }