diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 797c18337d9621b24b63227f214222d20cf2ee3e..a11900cf3a365ba4d48531b17226a27524dc4bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ int nvme_mpath_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 	}
 
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->ana_work, nvme_ana_work);
+	kfree(ctrl->ana_log_buf);
 	ctrl->ana_log_buf = kmalloc(ctrl->ana_log_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctrl->ana_log_buf) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;