diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index a2ebc75af8c7..4714aa936b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -849,11 +849,10 @@ static int nvm_bb_chunk_sense(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa)
 	rqd.ppa_addr = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
 
 	ret = nvm_submit_io_sync_raw(dev, &rqd);
+	__free_page(page);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	__free_page(page);
-
 	return rqd.error;
 }