1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index db1d23707eb1..eb251aae78dd 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
         if (!*kobj->k_name) {
                 pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
                 WARN_ON(1);
+                kobject_put(kobj);
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
         parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);