diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 03ed8a09581c..36ca2045009b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 			tmp_end++;
 			if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) {
 				/* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */
+				kfree(vol->password);
 				vol->password = NULL;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -1637,6 +1638,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname,
 					options = end;
 			}
 
+			kfree(vol->password);
 			/* Now build new password string */
 			temp_len = strlen(value);
 			vol->password = kzalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL);