1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index cbc8d5d2755a..c66f2423e1f5 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -340,8 +340,12 @@ static struct dentry *start_creating(const char *name, struct dentry *parent)
                 dput(dentry);
                 dentry = ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
         }
-        if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+
+        if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
                 mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
+                simple_release_fs(&tracefs_mount, &tracefs_mount_count);
+        }
+
         return dentry;
 }