diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index bff259955e..66e9bf8f06 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -1548,8 +1548,7 @@ void acpi_build_tables_init(AcpiBuildTables *tables)
 
 void acpi_build_tables_cleanup(AcpiBuildTables *tables, bool mfre)
 {
-    void *linker_data = bios_linker_loader_cleanup(tables->linker);
-    g_free(linker_data);
+    bios_linker_loader_cleanup(tables->linker);
     g_array_free(tables->rsdp, true);
     g_array_free(tables->table_data, true);
     g_array_free(tables->tcpalog, mfre);
diff --git a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
index 8e3f30df48..b67da68e5f 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
@@ -121,12 +121,13 @@ BIOSLinker *bios_linker_loader_init(void)
     return linker;
 }
 
-/* Free linker wrapper and return the linker commands array. */
-void *bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker)
+/* Free linker wrapper */
+void bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker)
 {
     int i;
     BiosLinkerFileEntry *entry;
-    void *cmd_blob = g_array_free(linker->cmd_blob, false);
+
+    g_array_free(linker->cmd_blob, true);
 
     for (i = 0; i < linker->file_list->len; i++) {
         entry = &g_array_index(linker->file_list, BiosLinkerFileEntry, i);
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ void *bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker)
     }
     g_array_free(linker->file_list, true);
     g_free(linker);
-    return cmd_blob;
 }
 
 static const BiosLinkerFileEntry *
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
index bee6deee02..564e192c16 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ void bios_linker_loader_add_pointer(BIOSLinker *linker,
                                     void *pointer,
                                     uint8_t pointer_size);
 
-void *bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker);
+void bios_linker_loader_cleanup(BIOSLinker *linker);
 #endif