diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e9e2b47..80fcd51 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -7314,6 +7314,7 @@
 				      datasize);
 	if (err) {
 		drop_inode = 1;
+		btrfs_free_path(path);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 0ac712e..46d7eed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -506,8 +506,10 @@
 	 */
 	dir_id = btrfs_super_root_dir(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
 	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(NULL, root, path, dir_id, "default", 7, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(di))
+	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
+		btrfs_free_path(path);
 		return ERR_CAST(di);
+	}
 	if (!di) {
 		/*
 		 * Ok the default dir item isn't there.  This is weird since