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diff --git a/Documentation/kref.txt b/Documentation/kref.txt
index 130b6e87aa7e..ae203f91ee9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kref.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ int my_data_handler(void)
         task = kthread_run(more_data_handling, data, "more_data_handling");
         if (task == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) {
                 rv = -ENOMEM;
-                kref_put(&data->refcount, data_release);
                 goto out;
         }