diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
index a3ab6e219061..873342308dc0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4namespace.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static int try_location(struct fs_context *fc,
 	if (IS_ERR(export_path))
 		return PTR_ERR(export_path);
 
+	kfree(ctx->nfs_server.export_path);
 	ctx->nfs_server.export_path = export_path;
 
 	source = kmalloc(len + 1 + ctx->nfs_server.export_path_len + 1,