diff --git a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
index cd3b2a671696..1132cc2a0310 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/waitq.c
@@ -332,8 +332,10 @@ int autofs4_wait(struct autofs_sb_info *sbi, struct dentry *dentry,
 	qstr.name = name;
 	qstr.hash = full_name_hash(name, qstr.len);
 
-	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&sbi->wq_mutex))
+	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&sbi->wq_mutex)) {
+		kfree(qstr.name);
 		return -EINTR;
+	}
 
 	ret = validate_request(&wq, sbi, &qstr, dentry, notify);
 	if (ret <= 0) {