1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index d38c88fb63ae..e7a7a2f07324 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_symlink(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_symlink);
 
-static void __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
+static int __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 {
         int ret = 0;
 
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static void __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
                         dput(dentry);
                 }
         }
+        return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -348,7 +349,8 @@ static void __debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *parent)
 void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
         struct dentry *parent;
-        
+        int ret;
+
         if (!dentry)
                 return;
 
@@ -357,9 +359,10 @@ void debugfs_remove(struct dentry *dentry)
                 return;
 
         mutex_lock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        __debugfs_remove(dentry, parent);
+        ret = __debugfs_remove(dentry, parent);
         mutex_unlock(&parent->d_inode->i_mutex);
-        simple_release_fs(&debugfs_mount, &debugfs_mount_count);
+        if (!ret)
+                simple_release_fs(&debugfs_mount, &debugfs_mount_count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_remove);