diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4c6f40d76993..6e13933ea8bd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b8d966efd9a46a9a35beac50cbff6e30565125ef
+refs/heads/master: 1ec22eb2b4a2e1a763106bce36b11c02eaa84e61
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 2166af8a7654..58bee2366ea8 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3862,6 +3862,8 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 			if (mddev2->gendisk &&
 			    strcmp(mddev2->gendisk->disk_name, name) == 0) {
 				spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+				mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
+				mddev_put(mddev);
 				return -EEXIST;
 			}
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);