diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index b9dcaae7c8d5..72ede0280c74 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2880,6 +2880,8 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_get_subvol_rootref(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 	}
 
 out:
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
+
 	if (!ret || ret == -EOVERFLOW) {
 		rootrefs->num_items = found;
 		/* update min_treeid for next search */
@@ -2891,7 +2893,6 @@ out:
 	}
 
 	kfree(rootrefs);
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
 
 	return ret;
 }