diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index e1078a1decdfa334557a1bdbc2ab696aa2f43a15..0cc80f472432ad8a76bb2d3279dfb43b3cab9af6 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	server = cifs_pick_channel(ses);
 
 	vars = kzalloc(sizeof(*vars), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (vars == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (vars == NULL) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	rqst = &vars->rqst[0];
 	rsp_iov = &vars->rsp_iov[0];
 
@@ -828,6 +830,7 @@ static int smb2_compound_op(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	    smb2_should_replay(tcon, &retries, &cur_sleep))
 		goto replay_again;
 
+out:
 	if (cfile)
 		cifsFileInfo_put(cfile);