diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index e5e3bc03ad49..239b7bcbaedf 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -5328,6 +5328,7 @@ int ntfs_non_resident_attr_insert_range(struct ntfs_inode *ni, s64 start_vcn, s6
 	ret = ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist(ni);
 	if (ret) {
 		up_write(&ni->runlist.lock);
+		kfree(hole_rl);
 		return ret;
 	}