1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 5cd43bf917a4..de4a0a0bda8a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -852,9 +852,11 @@ static int fuse_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                 fc->connected = 0;
                 end_requests(fc, &fc->pending);
                 end_requests(fc, &fc->processing);
-                fuse_release_conn(fc);
         }
         spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
+        if (fc)
+                kobject_put(&fc->kobj);
+
         return 0;
 }