All error handling paths end to 'out', except this memory allocation failure. This is spurious. So branch to the error handling path also in this case. It will add a call to: memset(&root->defrag_progress, 0, sizeof(root->defrag_progress)); Fixes: 6702ed490ca0 ("Btrfs: Add run time btree defrag, and an ioctl to force btree defrag") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is completely speculative. Review with care ! --- fs/btrfs/defrag.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/defrag.c b/fs/btrfs/defrag.c index 0a3c261b69c9..d81b764a7644 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/defrag.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/defrag.c @@ -358,8 +358,10 @@ int btrfs_defrag_leaves(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, goto out; path = btrfs_alloc_path(); - if (!path) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!path) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } level = btrfs_header_level(root->node); -- 2.34.1