diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 162359b664cadee15ba5f35e5628979662edac0d..77b8be81c76900559d8e382ee9e7a42710ae86e5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ _xfs_buf_free_pages(
 {
 	if (bp->b_pages != bp->b_page_array) {
 		kmem_free(bp->b_pages);
+		bp->b_pages = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -323,9 +324,8 @@ xfs_buf_free(
 				ASSERT(!PagePrivate(page));
 			page_cache_release(page);
 		}
-		_xfs_buf_free_pages(bp);
 	}
-
+	_xfs_buf_free_pages(bp);
 	xfs_buf_deallocate(bp);
 }