1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index b753192d8c3f..7d77f24d32a9 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1272,8 +1272,10 @@ done:
         path->mnt = mnt;
         path->dentry = dentry;
         err = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
-        if (unlikely(err < 0))
+        if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+                path_put_conditional(path, nd);
                 return err;
+        }
         *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
         return 0;