diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f6fc4c9ace28..3be6f8e8e157 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5660,8 +5660,10 @@ struct inode *btrfs_iget(u64 ino, struct btrfs_root *root)
 		return &inode->vfs_inode;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	if (!path)
+	if (!path) {
+		iget_failed(&inode->vfs_inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_read_locked_inode(inode, path);
 	btrfs_free_path(path);