1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
index fe23f47f6e43..d2eac3ceed5f 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry * parent, const char * name, struct kobj
         if (!error)
                 return 0;
 
+        kobject_put(target);
         kfree(sl->link_name);
 exit2:
         kfree(sl);