diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 7d408957ed62..14463e107918 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -825,8 +825,10 @@ __cld_pipe_inprogress_downcall(const struct cld_msg_v2 __user *cmsg,
 				princhash.data = memdup_user(
 						&ci->cc_princhash.cp_data,
 						princhashlen);
-				if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(princhash.data))
+				if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(princhash.data)) {
+					kfree(name.data);
 					return -EFAULT;
+				}
 				princhash.len = princhashlen;
 			} else
 				princhash.len = 0;