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-rw-r--r--fs/incfs/vfs.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/incfs/vfs.c b/fs/incfs/vfs.c
index 0650ee90f8b1..ea7866fbfd6e 100644
--- a/fs/incfs/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/incfs/vfs.c
@@ -458,8 +458,10 @@ static struct dentry *open_or_create_special_dir(struct dentry *backing_dir,
err = vfs_mkdir(backing_inode, index_dentry, 0777);
inode_unlock(backing_inode);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ dput(index_dentry);
return ERR_PTR(err);
+ }
if (!d_really_is_positive(index_dentry) ||
unlikely(d_unhashed(index_dentry))) {