diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
index 3c35c0ed0793..0932cb1de6f0 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ zfs_mount_task(void *arg)
 	    sizeof (mountpoint), NULL, NULL, 0, B_FALSE) == 0);
 
 	if (mp->mnt_func(handles[idx], mp->mnt_data) != 0)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * We dispatch tasks to mount filesystems with mountpoints underneath
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@ zfs_mount_task(void *arg)
 		zfs_dispatch_mount(mp->mnt_hdl, handles, num_handles, i,
 		    mp->mnt_func, mp->mnt_data, mp->mnt_tp);
 	}
+
+out:
 	free(mp);
 }