1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 5c57654927a6..90e46cd752fe 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -959,10 +959,11 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 
         if (S_ISLNK(root_inode->i_mode)) {
                 char *name = follow_link(host_root_path);
-                if (IS_ERR(name))
+                if (IS_ERR(name)) {
                         err = PTR_ERR(name);
-                else
-                        err = read_name(root_inode, name);
+                        goto out_put;
+                }
+                err = read_name(root_inode, name);
                 kfree(name);
                 if (err)
                         goto out_put;