diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 43066f9ddf52..d71ed62cb783 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -1419,7 +1419,8 @@ hugetlbfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 		goto out_free;
 	return 0;
 out_free:
-	kfree(sbinfo->spool);
+	if (sbinfo->spool)
+		hugepage_put_subpool(sbinfo->spool);
 	kfree(sbinfo);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }