1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index d13bb15a8a02..4510ad8f971c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -606,9 +606,14 @@ static struct hash_cell *__find_device_hash_cell(struct dm_ioctl *param)
                 return __get_name_cell(param->name);
 
         md = dm_get_md(huge_decode_dev(param->dev));
-        if (md)
-                mdptr = dm_get_mdptr(md);
+        if (!md)
+                goto out;
 
+        mdptr = dm_get_mdptr(md);
+        if (!mdptr)
+                dm_put(md);
+
+out:
         return mdptr;
 }