diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 870fe199bafb..34649aa66e04 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -1033,8 +1033,9 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto free_node_inode;
 	}
 	if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks || !root->i_size) {
+		iput(root);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto free_root_inode;
+		goto free_node_inode;
 	}
 
 	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root); /* allocate root dentry */