diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
index c199d128538e..c32030a05440 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/quotacheck.c
@@ -263,8 +263,10 @@ xqcheck_mod_live_ino_dqtrx(
 		dqa->tx_id = p->tx_id;
 		error = rhashtable_insert_fast(&xqc->shadow_dquot_acct,
 				&dqa->hash, xqcheck_dqacct_hash_params);
-		if (error)
+		if (error) {
+			kfree(dqa);
 			goto out_abort;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Find the shadow dqtrx (or an empty slot) here. */