diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c b/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
index 5dec52bd2897b8e91c6597c0528e380e9d99e46c..b26739d0e991b4741413d11701897d7410006216 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ref-verify.c
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ int btrfs_ref_tree_mod(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr, u64 num_bytes,
 "dropping a ref for a root that doesn't have a ref on the block");
 			dump_block_entry(fs_info, be);
 			dump_ref_action(fs_info, ra);
+			kfree(ref);
 			kfree(ra);
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}