diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index b223620cd5a6d59aa4b707e2539e59a8244d2dd1..4e9eafe01c55a5498e874336336c254336a8ae13 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ static int scrub_setup_recheck_block(struct scrub_dev *sdev,
 				spin_lock(&sdev->stat_lock);
 				sdev->stat.malloc_errors++;
 				spin_unlock(&sdev->stat_lock);
+				kfree(bbio);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 			sblock->page_count++;