diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index c4a50550672d..b3ff2e1da89b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -276,10 +276,8 @@ static int create_space_info_sub_group(struct btrfs_space_info *parent, u64 flag
 	sub_group->subgroup_id = id;
 
 	ret = btrfs_sysfs_add_space_info_type(sub_group);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(sub_group);
+	if (ret)
 		parent->sub_group[index] = NULL;
-	}
 	return ret;
 }