1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index a6ab012a2c6a..c8aabba502f6 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -83,14 +83,13 @@ static int create_link(struct config_item *parent_item,
         ret = -ENOMEM;
         sl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct configfs_symlink), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (sl) {
-                sl->sl_target = config_item_get(item);
                 spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
                 if (target_sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING) {
                         spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-                        config_item_put(item);
                         kfree(sl);
                         return -ENOENT;
                 }
+                sl->sl_target = config_item_get(item);
                 list_add(&sl->sl_list, &target_sd->s_links);
                 spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
                 ret = configfs_create_link(sl, parent_item->ci_dentry,