diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 9e1569ffbf6e..2f0fbc374e87 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_stripe(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 
 	ppath = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!ppath) {
-		btrfs_free_path(ppath);
+		btrfs_free_path(path);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}