diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index e3346628efe2..2d61ddda9bf5 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ static void ceph_i_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 	struct inode *inode = container_of(head, struct inode, i_rcu);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 
+	kfree(ci->i_symlink);
 	kmem_cache_free(ceph_inode_cachep, ci);
 }
 
@@ -566,7 +567,6 @@ void ceph_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		}
 	}
 
-	kfree(ci->i_symlink);
 	while ((n = rb_first(&ci->i_fragtree)) != NULL) {
 		frag = rb_entry(n, struct ceph_inode_frag, node);
 		rb_erase(n, &ci->i_fragtree);