diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
index c4b620dfa75c..937ad3fa540f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/xattr.c
@@ -109,8 +109,11 @@ static int init_inode_xattrs(struct inode *inode)
 
 			it.page = erofs_get_meta_page(inode->i_sb,
 				++it.blkaddr, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
-			if (IS_ERR(it.page))
+			if (IS_ERR(it.page)) {
+				kfree(vi->xattr_shared_xattrs);
+				vi->xattr_shared_xattrs = NULL;
 				return PTR_ERR(it.page);
+			}
 
 			it.kaddr = kmap_atomic(it.page);
 			atomic_map = true;