diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 89b8d14cb68c..b595f2c6dfc9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4282,21 +4282,20 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		size = min_t(u32, loi->size, SZ_16M);
 	}
 
+	inodes = init_data_container(size);
+	if (IS_ERR(inodes)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(inodes);
+		goto out_loi;
+	}
+
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-
-	inodes = init_data_container(size);
-	if (IS_ERR(inodes)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(inodes);
-		inodes = NULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = iterate_inodes_from_logical(loi->logical, fs_info, path,
 					  inodes, ignore_offset);
+	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	if (ret == -EINVAL)
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -4308,7 +4307,6 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_logical_to_ino(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		ret = -EFAULT;
 
 out:
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	kvfree(inodes);
 out_loi:
 	kfree(loi);