diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 7f88628..6e4f6c5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -299,8 +299,8 @@
 					   "btrfs-%s-%d", workers->name,
 					   workers->num_workers + i);
 		if (IS_ERR(worker->task)) {
-			kfree(worker);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(worker->task);
+			kfree(worker);
 			goto fail;
 		}