diff --git a/fs/erofs/inode.c b/fs/erofs/inode.c
index 4408929bd6f5..31ac3a73b390 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/inode.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ static struct page *erofs_read_inode(struct inode *inode,
 			/* fill chunked inode summary info */
 			vi->chunkformat = le16_to_cpu(die->i_u.c.format);
 		kfree(copied);
+		copied = NULL;
 		break;
 	case EROFS_INODE_LAYOUT_COMPACT:
 		vi->inode_isize = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_compact);