diff --git a/fs/ubifs/sb.c b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
index bf31b47..cad60b5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/sb.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  *
  * This function returns a pointer to the superblock node or a negative error
- * code.
+ * code. Note, the user of this function is responsible of kfree()'ing the
+ * returned superblock buffer.
  */
 struct ubifs_sb_node *ubifs_read_sb_node(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 407c064..575ea83 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1585,6 +1585,7 @@
 		}
 		sup->leb_cnt = cpu_to_le32(c->leb_cnt);
 		err = ubifs_write_sb_node(c, sup);
+		kfree(sup);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}