1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 554f4a9dfaf8..c692487346ea 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
         if (debugfs_positive(dentry)) {
                 if (dentry->d_inode) {
+                        dget(dentry);
                         if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
                                 ret = simple_rmdir(parent->d_inode, dentry);
                                 if (ret)
@@ -295,6 +296,9 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
                                                 dentry->d_name.name);
                         } else
                                 simple_unlink(parent->d_inode, dentry);
+                        if (!ret)
+                                d_delete(dentry);
+                        dput(dentry);
                 }
         }
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);