diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
index 06901c2a43..7396b430d7 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -2081,6 +2081,8 @@ int kvm_arch_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
     X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
     CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
 
+    g_free(env->xsave_buf);
+
     if (cpu->kvm_msr_buf) {
         g_free(cpu->kvm_msr_buf);
         cpu->kvm_msr_buf = NULL;