diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index 03d767b94f7b..a928ba008d7d 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -5795,20 +5795,20 @@ int dlm_user_request(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_user_args *ua,
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/* After ua is attached to lkb it will be freed by dlm_free_lkb().
-	   When DLM_IFL_USER is set, the dlm knows that this is a userspace
-	   lock and that lkb_astparam is the dlm_user_args structure. */
-
 	error = set_lock_args(mode, &ua->lksb, flags, namelen, timeout_cs,
 			      fake_astfn, ua, fake_bastfn, &args);
-	lkb->lkb_flags |= DLM_IFL_USER;
-
 	if (error) {
+		kfree(ua->lksb.sb_lvbptr);
+		ua->lksb.sb_lvbptr = NULL;
+		kfree(ua);
 		__put_lkb(ls, lkb);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* After ua is attached to lkb it will be freed by dlm_free_lkb().
+	   When DLM_IFL_USER is set, the dlm knows that this is a userspace
+	   lock and that lkb_astparam is the dlm_user_args structure. */
+	lkb->lkb_flags |= DLM_IFL_USER;
 	error = request_lock(ls, lkb, name, namelen, &args);
 
 	switch (error) {