diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index af3dd3c55ef1..8b2c82ce36b3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4494,7 +4494,7 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 
 	if (bctl->flags & ~(BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_MASK | BTRFS_BALANCE_TYPE_MASK)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_bargs;
+		goto out_bctl;
 	}
 
 do_balance:
@@ -4508,12 +4508,15 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	need_unlock = false;
 
 	ret = btrfs_balance(bctl, bargs);
+	bctl = NULL;
 
 	if (arg) {
 		if (copy_to_user(arg, bargs, sizeof(*bargs)))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+out_bctl:
+	kfree(bctl);
 out_bargs:
 	kfree(bargs);
 out_unlock: