diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 27234a820eeb..c3fd0448dead 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1780,8 +1780,10 @@ static ssize_t iov_iter_extract_user_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
 	if (!maxpages)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	res = pin_user_pages_fast(addr, maxpages, gup_flags, *pages);
-	if (unlikely(res <= 0))
+	if (unlikely(res <= 0)) {
+		kvfree(*pages);
 		return res;
+	}
 	maxsize = min_t(size_t, maxsize, res * PAGE_SIZE - offset);
 	iov_iter_advance(i, maxsize);
 	return maxsize;