1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 42d8e9c9ccd5..82433a2200ec 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ static int sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock, int flags)
 {
         struct file *newfile;
         int fd = get_unused_fd_flags(flags);
-        if (unlikely(fd < 0))
+        if (unlikely(fd < 0)) {
+                sock_release(sock);
                 return fd;
+        }
 
         newfile = sock_alloc_file(sock, flags, NULL);
         if (likely(!IS_ERR(newfile))) {