1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 40da732eb73c..e46ca685b9be 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -546,21 +546,24 @@ retry:
         if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(&group->inotify_data.idr, GFP_KERNEL)))
                 goto out_err;
 
+        /* we are putting the mark on the idr, take a reference */
+        fsnotify_get_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
+
         spin_lock(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
         ret = idr_get_new_above(&group->inotify_data.idr, &tmp_ientry->fsn_entry,
                                 group->inotify_data.last_wd+1,
                                 &tmp_ientry->wd);
         spin_unlock(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
         if (ret) {
+                /* we didn't get on the idr, drop the idr reference */
+                fsnotify_put_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
+
                 /* idr was out of memory allocate and try again */
                 if (ret == -EAGAIN)
                         goto retry;
                 goto out_err;
         }
 
-        /* we put the mark on the idr, take a reference */
-        fsnotify_get_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
-
         /* we are on the idr, now get on the inode */
         ret = fsnotify_add_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry, group, inode);
         if (ret) {