diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
index ce901e7cb6..c07f629939 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ static void config_load_all_entries(
 }
 
 EFI_STATUS efi_main(EFI_HANDLE image, EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE *sys_table) {
-        _cleanup_freepool_ EFI_LOADED_IMAGE *loaded_image = NULL;
+        EFI_LOADED_IMAGE *loaded_image;
         _cleanup_(file_closep) EFI_FILE *root_dir = NULL;
         _cleanup_(config_free) Config config = {};
         CHAR16 *loaded_image_path;