1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index dc6cb93c8830..a3bd2db2e024 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -667,10 +667,11 @@ rpc_mkdir(char *path, struct rpc_clnt *rpc_client)
                         RPCAUTH_info, RPCAUTH_EOF);
         if (error)
                 goto err_depopulate;
+        dget(dentry);
 out:
         mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
         rpc_release_path(&nd);
-        return dget(dentry);
+        return dentry;
 err_depopulate:
         rpc_depopulate(dentry);
         __rpc_rmdir(dir, dentry);
@@ -731,10 +732,11 @@ rpc_mkpipe(char *path, void *private, struct rpc_pipe_ops *ops, int flags)
         rpci->flags = flags;
         rpci->ops = ops;
         inode_dir_notify(dir, DN_CREATE);
+        dget(dentry);
 out:
         mutex_unlock(&dir->i_mutex);
         rpc_release_path(&nd);
-        return dget(dentry);
+        return dentry;
 err_dput:
         dput(dentry);
         dentry = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);