1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 0ac712efcdf2..46d7eed7e965 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -506,8 +506,10 @@ static struct dentry *get_default_root(struct super_block *sb,
          */
         dir_id = btrfs_super_root_dir(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
         di = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(NULL, root, path, dir_id, "default", 7, 0);
-        if (IS_ERR(di))
+        if (IS_ERR(di)) {
+                btrfs_free_path(path);
                 return ERR_CAST(di);
+        }
         if (!di) {
                 /*
                  * Ok the default dir item isn't there.  This is weird since