1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 22a08ff3475d..8a40e15f5ecb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -478,14 +478,21 @@ int proc_readdir(struct file * filp,
                         }
 
                         do {
+                                struct proc_dir_entry *next;
+
                                 /* filldir passes info to user space */
+                                de_get(de);
                                 spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
                                 if (filldir(dirent, de->name, de->namelen, filp->f_pos,
-                                            de->low_ino, de->mode >> 12) < 0)
+                                            de->low_ino, de->mode >> 12) < 0) {
+                                        de_put(de);
                                         goto out;
+                                }
                                 spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
                                 filp->f_pos++;
-                                de = de->next;
+                                next = de->next;
+                                de_put(de);
+                                de = next;
                         } while (de);
                         spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
         }