1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 2f0945d63297..056fed62d0de 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         struct inode *lower_dir_inode = ecryptfs_inode_to_lower(dir);
         struct dentry *lower_dir_dentry;
 
+        dget(lower_dentry);
         lower_dir_dentry = lock_parent(lower_dentry);
         rc = vfs_unlink(lower_dir_inode, lower_dentry);
         if (rc) {
@@ -489,6 +490,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
         d_drop(dentry);
 out_unlock:
         unlock_dir(lower_dir_dentry);
+        dput(lower_dentry);
         return rc;
 }