diff --git a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
index b244a1f0c8..78bc63f13d 100644
--- a/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/node_device_conf.c
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ virNodeDevCapPCIDevParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt,
 
     ret = 0;
  out:
-    VIR_FREE(pci_express);
+    virPCIEDeviceInfoFree(pci_express);
     ctxt->node = orignode;
     return ret;
 }
@@ -1664,6 +1664,7 @@ void virNodeDevCapsDefFree(virNodeDevCapsDefPtr caps)
             VIR_FREE(data->pci_dev.iommuGroupDevices[i]);
         }
         VIR_FREE(data->pci_dev.iommuGroupDevices);
+        virPCIEDeviceInfoFree(data->pci_dev.pci_express);
         break;
     case VIR_NODE_DEV_CAP_USB_DEV:
         VIR_FREE(data->usb_dev.product_name);
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b1fb7c9443..cafe86689d 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ virPCIDeviceSetUnbindFromStub;
 virPCIDeviceSetUsedBy;
 virPCIDeviceUnbind;
 virPCIDeviceWaitForCleanup;
+virPCIEDeviceInfoFree;
 virPCIGetNetName;
 virPCIGetPhysicalFunction;
 virPCIGetVirtualFunctionIndex;
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
index 28d2953e66..0fe474d4e3 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int udevProcessPCI(struct udev_device *device,
 
  out:
     virPCIDeviceFree(pciDev);
-    VIR_FREE(pci_express);
+    virPCIEDeviceInfoFree(pci_express);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index b7400e994f..0098d6c472 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -2847,3 +2847,15 @@ virPCIDeviceGetLinkCapSta(virPCIDevicePtr dev,
     virPCIDeviceConfigClose(dev, fd);
     return ret;
 }
+
+
+void
+virPCIEDeviceInfoFree(virPCIEDeviceInfoPtr dev)
+{
+    if (!dev)
+        return;
+
+    VIR_FREE(dev->link_cap);
+    VIR_FREE(dev->link_sta);
+    VIR_FREE(dev);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/virpci.h b/src/util/virpci.h
index 3d274878e1..1ce9821e00 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.h
+++ b/src/util/virpci.h
@@ -212,4 +212,7 @@ int virPCIDeviceGetLinkCapSta(virPCIDevicePtr dev,
                               unsigned int *cap_width,
                               unsigned int *sta_speed,
                               unsigned int *sta_width);
+
+void virPCIEDeviceInfoFree(virPCIEDeviceInfoPtr dev);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_PCI_H__ */