diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index fa707cdd4120..22f0d17cde43 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -352,12 +352,14 @@ static int f2fs_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
 		return PTR_ERR(p);
 
 	clone = f2fs_acl_clone(p, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!clone)
-		goto no_mem;
+	if (!clone) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto release_acl;
+	}
 
 	ret = f2fs_acl_create_masq(clone, mode);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto no_mem_clone;
+		goto release_clone;
 
 	if (ret == 0)
 		posix_acl_release(clone);
@@ -371,11 +373,11 @@ static int f2fs_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
 
 	return 0;
 
-no_mem_clone:
+release_clone:
 	posix_acl_release(clone);
-no_mem:
+release_acl:
 	posix_acl_release(p);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int f2fs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,