diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index d5d3cfb1f66f..60d4ae7ce974 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9887,6 +9887,7 @@ static int find_first_block_group(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			} else {
 				ret = 0;
 			}
+			free_extent_map(em);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		path->slots[0]++;