diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index f77ac32..b862fdb 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1491,6 +1491,9 @@
 	/* Module unload stuff */
 	module_unload_free(mod);
 
+	/* Free any allocated parameters. */
+	destroy_params(mod->kp, mod->num_kp);
+
 	/* release any pointers to mcount in this module */
 	ftrace_release(mod->module_core, mod->core_size);
 
@@ -1898,8 +1901,7 @@
 	unsigned int symindex = 0;
 	unsigned int strindex = 0;
 	unsigned int modindex, versindex, infoindex, pcpuindex;
-	unsigned int num_kp, num_mcount;
-	struct kernel_param *kp;
+	unsigned int num_mcount;
 	struct module *mod;
 	long err = 0;
 	void *percpu = NULL, *ptr = NULL; /* Stops spurious gcc warning */
@@ -2144,8 +2146,8 @@
 
 	/* Now we've got everything in the final locations, we can
 	 * find optional sections. */
-	kp = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__param", sizeof(*kp),
-			  &num_kp);
+	mod->kp = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__param",
+			       sizeof(*mod->kp), &mod->num_kp);
 	mod->syms = section_objs(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__ksymtab",
 				 sizeof(*mod->syms), &mod->num_syms);
 	mod->crcs = section_addr(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__kcrctab");
@@ -2291,11 +2293,11 @@
 	 */
 	list_add_rcu(&mod->list, &modules);
 
-	err = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args, kp, num_kp, NULL);
+	err = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args, mod->kp, mod->num_kp, NULL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto unlink;
 
-	err = mod_sysfs_setup(mod, kp, num_kp);
+	err = mod_sysfs_setup(mod, mod->kp, mod->num_kp);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto unlink;
 	add_sect_attrs(mod, hdr->e_shnum, secstrings, sechdrs);