1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c
index 2915d8503054..f66713bd7450 100644
--- a/security/commoncap.c
+++ b/security/commoncap.c
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
  */
 static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_cap)
 {
-        struct dentry *dentry;
         int rc = 0;
         struct cpu_vfs_cap_data vcaps;
 
@@ -446,9 +445,7 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_c
         if (bprm->file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOSUID)
                 return 0;
 
-        dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_path.dentry);
-
-        rc = get_vfs_caps_from_disk(dentry, &vcaps);
+        rc = get_vfs_caps_from_disk(bprm->file->f_path.dentry, &vcaps);
         if (rc < 0) {
                 if (rc == -EINVAL)
                         printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: get_vfs_caps_from_disk returned %d for %s\n",
@@ -464,7 +461,6 @@ static int get_file_caps(struct linux_binprm *bprm, bool *effective, bool *has_c
                        __func__, rc, bprm->filename);
 
 out:
-        dput(dentry);
         if (rc)
                 bprm_clear_caps(bprm);