1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
index 71d7bf830c09..a201a1d57a6d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c
@@ -549,9 +549,10 @@ int gfs2_xattr_acl_get(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const char *name, char **ppdata)
                 goto out;
 
         error = gfs2_ea_get_copy(ip, &el, data, len);
-        if (error == 0)
-                error = len;
-        *ppdata = data;
+        if (error < 0)
+                kfree(data);
+        else
+                *ppdata = data;
 out:
         brelse(el.el_bh);
         return error;