diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index b2879870a17e28b4cbc9e36767b0d73f0b0069e0..52d6f2c7d58b3722e6e28ecb15b9165ea56dda02 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ xfs_ifree(
 	 */
 	error = xfs_difree(tp, pag, ip->i_ino, &xic);
 	if (error)
-		return error;
+		goto out;
 
 	error = xfs_iunlink_remove(tp, pag, ip);
 	if (error)