diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index 742202779bd5..4320ffab3495 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -351,13 +351,11 @@ static int f2fs_acl_create(struct inode *dir, umode_t *mode,
 
 	*acl = f2fs_acl_clone(p, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!*acl)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto no_mem;
 
 	ret = f2fs_acl_create_masq(*acl, mode);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		posix_acl_release(*acl);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto no_mem_clone;
 
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		posix_acl_release(*acl);
@@ -378,6 +376,12 @@ no_acl:
 	*default_acl = NULL;
 	*acl = NULL;
 	return 0;
+
+no_mem_clone:
+	posix_acl_release(*acl);
+no_mem:
+	posix_acl_release(p);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 int f2fs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir, struct page *ipage,