diff --git a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
index f4e09073bb7db525b12b3c0e3b9a27c78f0568f1..cd63c4a70875fdb4bace5e0be81551c41394071e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dfs_cache.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static int dup_vol(struct smb_vol *vol, struct smb_vol *new)
 err_free_unc:
 	kfree(new->UNC);
 err_free_password:
-	kfree(new->password);
+	kzfree(new->password);
 err_free_username:
 	kfree(new->username);
 	kfree(new);