diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 889ce7566b56..ba6586a69ccc 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ void edac_mc_free(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	debugf1("%s()\n", __func__);
 
 	edac_mc_unregister_sysfs_main_kobj(mci);
+
+	/* free the mci instance memory here */
+	kfree(mci);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(edac_mc_free);
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index ddd765253630..2905dc103393 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -630,9 +630,6 @@ static void edac_mci_control_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 
 	/* decrement the module ref count */
 	module_put(mci->owner);
-
-	/* free the mci instance memory here */
-	kfree(mci);
 }
 
 static struct kobj_type ktype_mci = {
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
index b0559973c66f..8e789a2e35d6 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
@@ -2085,8 +2085,7 @@ static void __devexit i7core_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			/* Remove MC sysfs nodes */
 			edac_mc_del_mc(&i7core_dev->pdev[0]->dev);
 
-			/* Free data */
-			debugf1("%s: free structs\n");
+			debugf1("%s: free mci struct\n", mci->ctl_name);
 			kfree(mci->ctl_name);
 			edac_mc_free(mci);