diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 132ade51ee87..aed6354cb271 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ int nvme_mpath_init(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 	}
 
 	INIT_WORK(&ctrl->ana_work, nvme_ana_work);
+	kfree(ctrl->ana_log_buf);
 	ctrl->ana_log_buf = kmalloc(ctrl->ana_log_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctrl->ana_log_buf) {
 		error = -ENOMEM;