diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index bc258a4402f6..ec3fba7d492f 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -394,7 +394,10 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct iso9660_options *popt)
 			break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_JOLIET
 		case Opt_iocharset:
+			kfree(popt->iocharset);
 			popt->iocharset = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!popt->iocharset)
+				return 0;
 			break;
 #endif
 		case Opt_map_a: