diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
index 2f68befd31bf5fcb66559d3fb563730c22ac9d30..eb46967bb0d5e04f6a92747e5d4575279c19a7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c
@@ -738,7 +738,9 @@ static int nvmf_parse_options(struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts,
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto out;
 			}
-			if (uuid_parse(p, &hostid)) {
+			ret = uuid_parse(p, &hostid);
+			kfree(p);
+			if (ret) {
 				pr_err("Invalid hostid %s\n", p);
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 				goto out;