diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 5c9f8b30608c..874d36e5f167 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ static int btrfs_ioctl_defrag(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 					   sizeof(*range))) {
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 				kfree(range);
+				goto out;
 			}
 			/* compression requires us to start the IO */
 			if ((range->flags & BTRFS_DEFRAG_RANGE_COMPRESS)) {