diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index a0f10030c4c9d5f18b29d7707501707c97ad4563..5c16ffeaa1f35077f5ffe4cba06d3cd13ff19dee 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3879,6 +3879,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_ino_to_path(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
 		ipath->fspath->val[i] = rel_ptr;
 	}
 
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+	path = NULL;
 	ret = copy_to_user((void __user *)(unsigned long)ipa->fspath,
 			   ipath->fspath, size);
 	if (ret) {