diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
index bf806e58b1cb..370b4ea4c23a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/alloc.c
@@ -4332,17 +4332,17 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 	} else if (path->p_tree_depth > 0) {
 		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_left_leaf(sb, path, &left_cpos);
 		if (status)
-			goto out;
+			goto exit;
 
 		if (left_cpos != 0) {
 			left_path = ocfs2_new_path_from_path(path);
 			if (!left_path)
-				goto out;
+				goto exit;
 
 			status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, left_path,
 						 left_cpos);
 			if (status)
-				goto out;
+				goto free_left_path;
 
 			new_el = path_leaf_el(left_path);
 
@@ -4359,7 +4359,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					    le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_next_free_rec),
 					    le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_count));
 				status = -EINVAL;
-				goto out;
+				goto free_left_path;
 			}
 			rec = &new_el->l_recs[
 				le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_next_free_rec) - 1];
@@ -4386,18 +4386,18 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 		 path->p_tree_depth > 0) {
 		status = ocfs2_find_cpos_for_right_leaf(sb, path, &right_cpos);
 		if (status)
-			goto out;
+			goto free_left_path;
 
 		if (right_cpos == 0)
-			goto out;
+			goto free_left_path;
 
 		right_path = ocfs2_new_path_from_path(path);
 		if (!right_path)
-			goto out;
+			goto free_left_path;
 
 		status = ocfs2_find_path(et->et_ci, right_path, right_cpos);
 		if (status)
-			goto out;
+			goto free_right_path;
 
 		new_el = path_leaf_el(right_path);
 		rec = &new_el->l_recs[0];
@@ -4411,7 +4411,7 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 					    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(eb->h_blkno),
 					    le16_to_cpu(new_el->l_next_free_rec));
 				status = -EINVAL;
-				goto out;
+				goto free_right_path;
 			}
 			rec = &new_el->l_recs[1];
 		}
@@ -4428,9 +4428,11 @@ ocfs2_figure_merge_contig_type(struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
 			ret = contig_type;
 	}
 
-out:
-	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
+free_right_path:
 	ocfs2_free_path(right_path);
+free_left_path:
+	ocfs2_free_path(left_path);
+exit:
 	return ret;
 }