diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index d5dd8bed1488..89b8d14cb68c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3194,6 +3194,8 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_rootref(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	}
 
 out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
 	if (!ret || ret == -EOVERFLOW) {
 		rootrefs->num_items = found;
 		/* update min_treeid for next search */
@@ -3205,7 +3207,6 @@ out:
 	}
 
 	kfree(rootrefs);
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
 
 	return ret;
 }