2 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index beaa7b848246..ef1cf5b476c8 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -719,7 +719,6 @@ gss_destroy(struct rpc_auth *auth)
 
         gss_auth = container_of(auth, struct gss_auth, rpc_auth);
         rpc_unlink(gss_auth->dentry);
-        dput(gss_auth->dentry);
         gss_auth->dentry = NULL;
         gss_mech_put(gss_auth->mech);
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index d307556872db..d9eac7069101 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ rpc_new_client(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, char *servname,
 out_no_auth:
         if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
                 rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
-                dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
                 rpc_put_mount();
         }
 out_no_path:
@@ -251,10 +250,8 @@ rpc_clone_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
         new->cl_autobind = 0;
         new->cl_oneshot = 0;
         new->cl_dead = 0;
-        if (!IS_ERR(new->cl_dentry)) {
+        if (!IS_ERR(new->cl_dentry))
                 dget(new->cl_dentry);
-                rpc_get_mount();
-        }
         rpc_init_rtt(&new->cl_rtt_default, clnt->cl_xprt->timeout.to_initval);
         if (new->cl_auth)
                 atomic_inc(&new->cl_auth->au_count);
@@ -317,11 +314,15 @@ rpc_destroy_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
                 clnt->cl_auth = NULL;
         }
         if (clnt->cl_parent != clnt) {
+                if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+                        dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
                 rpc_destroy_client(clnt->cl_parent);
                 goto out_free;
         }
-        if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+        if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
                 rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
+                rpc_put_mount();
+        }
         if (clnt->cl_xprt) {
                 xprt_destroy(clnt->cl_xprt);
                 clnt->cl_xprt = NULL;
@@ -331,10 +332,6 @@ rpc_destroy_client(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 out_free:
         rpc_free_iostats(clnt->cl_metrics);
         clnt->cl_metrics = NULL;
-        if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-                dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
-                rpc_put_mount();
-        }
         kfree(clnt);
         return 0;
 }