diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 0da4d748b4e6..0936b5a8199a 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
 		bytes = kernel_read(file, *buf + pos, i_size - pos, &pos);
 		if (bytes < 0) {
 			ret = bytes;
-			goto out;
+			goto out_free;
 		}
 
 		if (bytes == 0)