diff --git a/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c b/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
index c5625dd9bf490d..3a45879d85db96 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/msi/msi.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int msi_capability_init(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec,
 			       struct irq_affinity *affd)
 {
 	struct irq_affinity_desc *masks = NULL;
-	struct msi_desc *entry;
+	struct msi_desc *entry, desc;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Reject multi-MSI early on irq domain enabled architectures */
@@ -377,6 +377,12 @@ static int msi_capability_init(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec,
 	/* All MSIs are unmasked by default; mask them all */
 	entry = msi_first_desc(&dev->dev, MSI_DESC_ALL);
 	pci_msi_mask(entry, msi_multi_mask(entry));
+	/*
+	 * Copy the MSI descriptor for the error path because
+	 * pci_msi_setup_msi_irqs() will free it for the hierarchical
+	 * interrupt domain case.
+	 */
+	memcpy(&desc, entry, sizeof(desc));
 
 	/* Configure MSI capability structure */
 	ret = pci_msi_setup_msi_irqs(dev, nvec, PCI_CAP_ID_MSI);
@@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ static int msi_capability_init(struct pci_dev *dev, int nvec,
 	goto unlock;
 
 err:
-	pci_msi_unmask(entry, msi_multi_mask(entry));
+	pci_msi_unmask(&desc, msi_multi_mask(&desc));
 	pci_free_msi_irqs(dev);
 fail:
 	dev->msi_enabled = 0;