diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 3f9b45704fcd..a649305b2059 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
-	char *p, *num;
+	char *p, *num, *orig;
 	int intarg;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 	if (!options)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	orig = options;
 
 	while ((p = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
 		int token;
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	kfree(options);
+	kfree(orig);
 	return ret;
 }