1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 87f97ba90ad1..30c61c298b4c 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ static __always_inline int __do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata
                 if (dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link)
                         dentry->d_inode->i_op->put_link(dentry, nd, cookie);
         }
-        path_put(path);
-
         return error;
 }
 
@@ -672,6 +670,7 @@ static inline int do_follow_link(struct path *path, struct nameidata *nd)
         current->total_link_count++;
         nd->depth++;
         err = __do_follow_link(path, nd);
+        path_put(path);
         current->link_count--;
         nd->depth--;
         return err;
@@ -1864,6 +1863,7 @@ do_link:
         if (error)
                 goto exit_dput;
         error = __do_follow_link(&path, &nd);
+        path_put(&path);
         if (error) {
                 /* Does someone understand code flow here? Or it is only
                  * me so stupid? Anathema to whoever designed this non-sense