1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/security/inode.c b/security/inode.c
index 1c812e87450..8c777f022ad 100644
--- a/security/inode.c
+++ b/security/inode.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                          int mode, dev_t dev)
 {
         struct inode *inode;
-        int error = -EPERM;
+        int error = -ENOMEM;
 
         if (dentry->d_inode)
                 return -EEXIST;
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ static int create_by_name(const char *name, mode_t mode,
                         error = mkdir(parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
                 else
                         error = create(parent->d_inode, *dentry, mode);
+                if (error)
+                        dput(*dentry);
         } else
                 error = PTR_ERR(*dentry);
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);