1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fc6bed7215c9..30ba3f3a25e2 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1923,9 +1923,9 @@ do_link:
         mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
         path.dentry = lookup_hash(&nd);
         path.mnt = nd.path.mnt;
-        __putname(nd.last.name);
         filp = do_last(&nd, &path, open_flag, flag, acc_mode, mode,
                        pathname, dir, &is_link);
+        __putname(nd.last.name);
         if (is_link)
                 goto do_link;
         if (nd.root.mnt)