1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 7dc98e14655d..fc24ee47eab5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1786,12 +1786,12 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
         rdentry = lookup_one_len(fname, dentry, flen);
         host_err = PTR_ERR(rdentry);
         if (IS_ERR(rdentry))
-                goto out_nfserr;
+                goto out_drop_write;
 
         if (d_really_is_negative(rdentry)) {
                 dput(rdentry);
-                err = nfserr_noent;
-                goto out;
+                host_err = -ENOENT;
+                goto out_drop_write;
         }
 
         if (!type)
@@ -1805,6 +1805,8 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
                 host_err = commit_metadata(fhp);
         dput(rdentry);
 
+out_drop_write:
+        fh_drop_write(fhp);
 out_nfserr:
         err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out: