diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index dc7175b75c26465fe497db41b0e0f5340b9bf19a..da70af2af1157f43e49b101cbfd62d1980ced096 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2971,6 +2971,9 @@ cifs_write_from_iter(loff_t offset, size_t len, struct iov_iter *from,
 					     cifs_uncached_writev_complete);
 			if (!wdata) {
 				rc = -ENOMEM;
+				for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
+					put_page(pagevec[i]);
+				kvfree(pagevec);
 				add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
 				break;
 			}
@@ -2988,9 +2991,6 @@ cifs_write_from_iter(loff_t offset, size_t len, struct iov_iter *from,
 					     cifs_uncached_writev_complete);
 			if (!wdata) {
 				rc = -ENOMEM;
-				for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
-					put_page(pagevec[i]);
-				kvfree(pagevec);
 				add_credits_and_wake_if(server, credits, 0);
 				break;
 			}