diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 48b5133580d5..aae90953e07f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -5574,6 +5574,8 @@ int cifs_tree_connect(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, const stru
 
 		kfree(share);
 		kfree(prefix);
+		share = NULL;
+		prefix = NULL;
 
 		rc = dfs_cache_get_tgt_share(tcon->dfs_path + 1, it, &share, &prefix);
 		if (rc) {