diff --git a/fs/nfs/proc.c b/fs/nfs/proc.c
index 00df60523aac8fb7fa854336d84f4d7bda56baad..77d5e21c4ad6f9ace63881cc7f1593ff405238a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/proc.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ nfs_proc_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct page *page,
 	fattr = nfs_alloc_fattr();
 	status = -ENOMEM;
 	if (fh == NULL || fattr == NULL)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	status = rpc_call_sync(NFS_CLIENT(dir), &msg, 0);
 	nfs_mark_for_revalidate(dir);
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ nfs_proc_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct page *page,
 	if (status == 0)
 		status = nfs_instantiate(dentry, fh, fattr);
 
+out_free:
 	nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
 	nfs_free_fhandle(fh);
 out: