diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
index 1458bb0ea124..8444a018cca2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
@@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ static int run_test(test_func_t test_func, int bitmaps, u32 sectorsize,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
 		test_msg("Couldn't allocate path\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = add_block_group_free_space(&trans, root->fs_info, cache);