1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 104d58d2c78c..112ba5aa0848 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ retry:
         /* somebody else had handled it first? */
         if ((mode & HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) == mode) {
                 mutex_unlock(&HOSTFS_I(ino)->open_mutex);
+                close_file(&fd);
                 return 0;
         }
         if ((mode | HOSTFS_I(ino)->mode) != mode) {