diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index f52c5ab78f9d..da2f5446fa7a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -4844,8 +4844,12 @@ parse_DFS_referrals(TRANSACTION2_GET_DFS_REFER_RSP *pSMBr,
 		max_len = data_end - temp;
 		node->node_name = cifs_strndup_from_utf16(temp, max_len,
 						is_unicode, nls_codepage);
-		if (!node->node_name)
+		if (!node->node_name) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto parse_DFS_referrals_exit;
+		}
+
+		ref++;
 	}
 
 parse_DFS_referrals_exit: