diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 809c2c307c6482dba664ab7d193f4cc0ccfa9921..6d155d7d439d98a3de737ebf3e8da96e26a0bf06 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3911,8 +3911,7 @@ static int create_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags)
 				    info->space_info_kobj, "%s",
 				    alloc_name(space_info->flags));
 	if (ret) {
-		percpu_counter_destroy(&space_info->total_bytes_pinned);
-		kfree(space_info);
+		kobject_put(&space_info->kobj);
 		return ret;
 	}