diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index 00faf41d8f97..710cb5aa5a65 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -2169,8 +2169,10 @@ file_is_valid:
 
 			if (!page) {
 				page = kmalloc(log->page_size, GFP_NOFS);
-				if (!page)
-					return -ENOMEM;
+				if (!page) {
+					err = -ENOMEM;
+					goto out;
+				}
 			}
 
 			/*