diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi/irqdomain.c b/drivers/pci/msi/irqdomain.c
index 0d63541c4052..e9cf318e6670 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi/irqdomain.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi/irqdomain.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void pci_msi_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
 		msi_domain_free_irqs_descs_locked(domain, &dev->dev);
 	else
 		pci_msi_legacy_teardown_msi_irqs(dev);
+	msi_free_msi_descs(&dev->dev);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -171,8 +172,7 @@ struct irq_domain *pci_msi_create_irq_domain(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	if (info->flags & MSI_FLAG_USE_DEF_CHIP_OPS)
 		pci_msi_domain_update_chip_ops(info);
 
-	info->flags |= MSI_FLAG_ACTIVATE_EARLY | MSI_FLAG_DEV_SYSFS |
-		       MSI_FLAG_FREE_MSI_DESCS;
+	info->flags |= MSI_FLAG_ACTIVATE_EARLY | MSI_FLAG_DEV_SYSFS;
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_RESERVATION_MODE))
 		info->flags |= MSI_FLAG_MUST_REACTIVATE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi/legacy.c b/drivers/pci/msi/legacy.c
index cdbb4689db78..db761adef652 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi/legacy.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi/legacy.c
@@ -77,5 +77,4 @@ void pci_msi_legacy_teardown_msi_irqs(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
 	msi_device_destroy_sysfs(&dev->dev);
 	arch_teardown_msi_irqs(dev);
-	msi_free_msi_descs(&dev->dev);
 }