diff --git a/super.c b/super.c
index 7d5651decef2..8d0832a56ea0 100644
--- a/super.c
+++ b/super.c
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ static int exfat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (!sb->s_root) {
 		exfat_err(sb, "failed to get the root dentry");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto put_inode;
+		goto free_table;
 	}
 
 	return 0;