diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 0cfccc2a02979c4844c63dffbbdd47312a0139e6..c389ccf6437d5870868ec49f489b3f07f131ed46 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -1280,9 +1280,8 @@ alloc_enc_pages(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp)
 	rqstp->rq_release_snd_buf = priv_release_snd_buf;
 	return 0;
 out_free:
-	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
-		__free_page(rqstp->rq_enc_pages[i]);
-	}
+	rqstp->rq_enc_pages_num = i;
+	priv_release_snd_buf(rqstp);
 out:
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }