diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 8278e7998bc9..f0436eea1544 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int create_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags)
 
 	ret = btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type(space_info);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
+		return ret;
 
 	list_add(&space_info->list, &info->space_info);
 	if (flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA)