diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 2222d16..6d1410e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@
 		size = __btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, value, size);
 		if (size > 0) {
 			acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
-			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+			if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
+				kfree(value);
 				return acl;
+			}
 			set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
 		}
 		kfree(value);