diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index 80e8472d618b83f397baca30508aa76e69e652c6..d3090187fd76d0f65010e6184dbda48fb8114af8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ struct inode_fs_paths *init_ipath(s32 total_bytes, struct btrfs_root *fs_root,
 
 	ifp = kmalloc(sizeof(*ifp), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ifp) {
-		kfree(fspath);
+		vfree(fspath);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}