diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
index df88f1bdd921..6a4883e40cc0 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void pblk_gc_line_prepare_ws(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (!lba_list) {
 			pr_err("pblk: could not interpret emeta (line %d)\n",
 					line->id);
-			goto fail_free_ws;
+			goto fail_free_invalid_bitmap;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ fail_free_gc_rq:
 	kfree(gc_rq);
 fail_free_lba_list:
 	pblk_mfree(lba_list, l_mg->emeta_alloc_type);
+fail_free_invalid_bitmap:
 	kfree(invalid_bitmap);
 fail_free_ws:
 	kfree(line_ws);