diff --git a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/FirmwareTable.cs b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/FirmwareTable.cs
index f73070a..6ab8dc4 100644
--- a/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/FirmwareTable.cs
+++ b/LibreHardwareMonitorLib/Hardware/FirmwareTable.cs
@@ -35,17 +35,26 @@ namespace LibreHardwareMonitor.Hardware
                 return null;
 
 
-            IntPtr nativeBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
-            Interop.Kernel32.GetSystemFirmwareTable(provider, table, nativeBuffer, size);
+            IntPtr allocatedBuffer = IntPtr.Zero;
 
-            if (Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() != 0)
-                return null;
+            try
+            {
+                allocatedBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+
+                Interop.Kernel32.GetSystemFirmwareTable(provider, table, allocatedBuffer, size);
+                if (Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() != 0)
+                    return null;
 
 
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
-            Marshal.Copy(nativeBuffer, buffer, 0, size);
-            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(nativeBuffer);
-            return buffer;
+                byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
+                Marshal.Copy(allocatedBuffer, buffer, 0, size);
+                return buffer;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (allocatedBuffer != IntPtr.Zero)
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(allocatedBuffer);
+            }
         }
 
         public static string[] EnumerateTables(Interop.Kernel32.Provider provider)
@@ -61,17 +70,29 @@ namespace LibreHardwareMonitor.Hardware
                 return null;
             }
 
-            IntPtr nativeBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
-            Interop.Kernel32.EnumSystemFirmwareTables(provider, nativeBuffer, size);
-            byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
-            Marshal.Copy(nativeBuffer, buffer, 0, size);
-            Marshal.FreeHGlobal(nativeBuffer);
+            IntPtr allocatedBuffer = IntPtr.Zero;
 
-            string[] result = new string[size / 4];
-            for (int i = 0; i < result.Length; i++)
-                result[i] = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer, 4 * i, 4);
+            try
+            {
+                allocatedBuffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
 
-            return result;
+                Interop.Kernel32.EnumSystemFirmwareTables(provider, allocatedBuffer, size);
+
+                byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
+                Marshal.Copy(allocatedBuffer, buffer, 0, size);
+
+                string[] result = new string[size / 4];
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < result.Length; i++)
+                    result[i] = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buffer, 4 * i, 4);
+
+                return result;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (allocatedBuffer != IntPtr.Zero)
+                    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(allocatedBuffer);
+            }
         }
     }
 }