diff --git a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
index 3071db642bc..58b1de699de 100644
--- a/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
+++ b/components/bootloader_support/src/bootloader_utility.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ bool bootloader_utility_load_partition_table(bootloader_state_t *bs)
     err = esp_partition_table_verify(partitions, true, &num_partitions);
     if (err != ESP_OK) {
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "Failed to verify partition table");
+        bootloader_munmap(partitions);
         return false;
     }