1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 208c6aa4a989..a780ea515c47 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1095,8 +1095,10 @@ static struct dentry *d_inode_lookup(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentr
         struct dentry *old;
 
         /* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
-        if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+        if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode))) {
+                dput(dentry);
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+        }
 
         old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
         if (unlikely(old)) {