1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/group.c b/fs/notify/group.c
index ee674fe2cec7..ad1995980456 100644
--- a/fs/notify/group.c
+++ b/fs/notify/group.c
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
         /* clear the notification queue of all events */
         fsnotify_flush_notify(group);
 
+        /*
+         * Destroy overflow event (we cannot use fsnotify_destroy_event() as
+         * that deliberately ignores overflow events.
+         */
+        if (group->overflow_event)
+                group->ops->free_event(group->overflow_event);
+
         fsnotify_put_group(group);
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +106,6 @@ struct fsnotify_group *fsnotify_alloc_group(const struct fsnotify_ops *ops)
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->marks_list);
 
         group->ops = ops;
-        fsnotify_init_event(&group->overflow_event, NULL, FS_Q_OVERFLOW);
 
         return group;
 }