diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/DxeIplPeim/DxeLoad.c b/MdeModulePkg/Core/DxeIplPeim/DxeLoad.c
index 933b245036..b9fe70332e 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/DxeIplPeim/DxeLoad.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/DxeIplPeim/DxeLoad.c
@@ -636,6 +636,11 @@ CustomGuidedSectionExtract (
              ScratchBuffer,
              AuthenticationStatus
              );
+
+  if (ScratchBuffer != NULL) {
+    FreePages (ScratchBuffer, EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (ScratchBufferSize));
+  }
+
   if (EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
     //
     // Decode failed