1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index c8afa6b1d91d..32a5f46b1157 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int get_target(const char *symname, struct path *path,
                                 ret = -ENOENT;
                                 path_put(path);
                         }
-                } else
+                } else {
                         ret = -EPERM;
+                        path_put(path);
+                }
         }
 
         return ret;