1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index c8afa6b1d91d..0f3eb41d9201 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
 #include "configfs_internal.h"
@@ -121,8 +122,10 @@ static int get_target(const char *symname, struct path *path,
                                 ret = -ENOENT;
                                 path_put(path);
                         }
-                } else
+                } else {
                         ret = -EPERM;
+                        path_put(path);
+                }
         }
 
         return ret;