diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index cb70f0c6aa1b756712d7bfcf8b554f8a36c7357c..7950c906e7b37f2a28ef65d81227a9cdbbbfa00d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2129,6 +2129,8 @@ cifs_writedata_direct_alloc(struct page **pages, work_func_t complete)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdata->list);
 		init_completion(&wdata->done);
 		INIT_WORK(&wdata->work, complete);
+	} else {
+		kvfree(pages);
 	}
 	return wdata;
 }