diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index e7045117042b..f91c0d84bb17 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ try_onemore:
 	if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks || !root->i_size) {
 		iput(root);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto free_node_inode;
+		goto free_stats;
 	}
 
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root); /* allocate root dentry */