diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index ea7d85af5310..e939c20cb4de 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	__uint32_t		flags)
 {
 	unsigned char		*kbuf;
+	int			error;
 
 	if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode))
 		return -EPERM;
@@ -492,7 +493,9 @@ xfs_attrmulti_attr_set(
 	if (IS_ERR(kbuf))
 		return PTR_ERR(kbuf);
 
-	return xfs_attr_set(XFS_I(inode), name, kbuf, len, flags);
+	error = xfs_attr_set(XFS_I(inode), name, kbuf, len, flags);
+	kfree(kbuf);
+	return error;
 }
 
 int