diff --git a/fs/bio-integrity.c b/fs/bio-integrity.c
index 49a34e7f730..a16f29e888c 100644
--- a/fs/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/fs/bio-integrity.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline unsigned int vecs_to_idx(unsigned int nr)
 
 static inline int use_bip_pool(unsigned int idx)
 {
-	if (idx == BIOVEC_NR_POOLS)
+	if (idx == BIOVEC_MAX_IDX)
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct bio_integrity_payload *bio_integrity_alloc_bioset(struct bio *bio,
 
 	/* Use mempool if lower order alloc failed or max vecs were requested */
 	if (bip == NULL) {
+		idx = BIOVEC_MAX_IDX;  /* so we free the payload properly later */
 		bip = mempool_alloc(bs->bio_integrity_pool, gfp_mask);
 
 		if (unlikely(bip == NULL)) {