diff --git a/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c b/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
index 252cefdc6..c4ead29fb 100644
--- a/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
+++ b/grub-core/fs/zfs/zfs.c
@@ -2882,7 +2882,10 @@ dnode_get_path (struct subvolume *subvol, const char *path_in, dnode_end_t *dn,
 
 		  err = dmu_read (&(dnode_path->dn), block, &t, 0, data);
 		  if (err)
-		    return err;
+		    {
+		      grub_free (sym_value);
+		      return err;
+		    }
 
 		  movesize = sym_sz - block * blksz;
 		  if (movesize > blksz)