diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index fb790b61e4..cc1adc23fa 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ int spapr_hpt_shift_for_ramsize(uint64_t ramsize)
 
 void spapr_free_hpt(SpaprMachineState *spapr)
 {
-    g_free(spapr->htab);
+    qemu_vfree(spapr->htab);
     spapr->htab = NULL;
     spapr->htab_shift = 0;
     close_htab_fd(spapr);