diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index e59eda07305e..493093b97093 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ int percpu_ref_init(struct percpu_ref *ref, percpu_ref_func_t *release,
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*ref->data), gfp);
 	if (!data) {
 		free_percpu((void __percpu *)ref->percpu_count_ptr);
+		ref->percpu_count_ptr = 0;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}