diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
index f3901c55df239df5a7d88e974bae8e388d2c00ae..0077c96e526f04f44a806fddbb76d90adcbb29fc 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ static struct symbol *__add_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type type,
 						"unchanged\n");
 				}
 				sym->is_declared = 1;
+				free_list(defn, NULL);
 				return sym;
 			} else if (!sym->is_declared) {
 				if (sym->is_override && flag_preserve) {
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ static struct symbol *__add_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type type,
 					print_type_name(type, name);
 					fprintf(stderr, " modversion change\n");
 					sym->is_declared = 1;
+					free_list(defn, NULL);
 					return sym;
 				} else {
 					status = is_unknown_symbol(sym) ?
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ static struct symbol *__add_symbol(const char *name, enum symbol_type type,
 				}
 			} else {
 				error_with_pos("redefinition of %s", name);
+				free_list(defn, NULL);
 				return sym;
 			}
 			break;
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index 8e9b5e69e8f01da6b71c7f33203d90841118933f..840371d01bf4862c2899e6910051ec28ec04551c 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -152,14 +152,19 @@ simple_declaration:
 	;
 
 init_declarator_list_opt:
-	/* empty */				{ $$ = NULL; }
-	| init_declarator_list
+	/* empty */			{ $$ = NULL; }
+	| init_declarator_list		{ free_list(decl_spec, NULL); $$ = $1; }
 	;
 
 init_declarator_list:
 	init_declarator
 		{ struct string_list *decl = *$1;
 		  *$1 = NULL;
+
+		  /* avoid sharing among multiple init_declarators */
+		  if (decl_spec)
+		    decl_spec = copy_list_range(decl_spec, NULL);
+
 		  add_symbol(current_name,
 			     is_typedef ? SYM_TYPEDEF : SYM_NORMAL, decl, is_extern);
 		  current_name = NULL;
@@ -170,6 +175,11 @@ init_declarator_list:
 		  *$3 = NULL;
 		  free_list(*$2, NULL);
 		  *$2 = decl_spec;
+
+		  /* avoid sharing among multiple init_declarators */
+		  if (decl_spec)
+		    decl_spec = copy_list_range(decl_spec, NULL);
+
 		  add_symbol(current_name,
 			     is_typedef ? SYM_TYPEDEF : SYM_NORMAL, decl, is_extern);
 		  current_name = NULL;