diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index c1bcac71008c67374ad76e9ea455cc220f8bba31..28ddcaa5358b141db53af65dc595b08ef80044e8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -844,11 +844,10 @@ static int nvm_bb_chunk_sense(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa)
 	rqd.ppa_addr = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
 
 	ret = nvm_submit_io_sync_raw(dev, &rqd);
+	__free_page(page);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	__free_page(page);
-
 	return rqd.error;
 }