diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d181d1e048d9..9b0af20f9415 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6f5bbff9a1b7d6864a495763448a363bbfa96324
+refs/heads/master: c96f58573778ddf96ff67108a635f3f642ea63d3
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index 0d29a57c63e6..ab5547ff29a1 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 	root = d_alloc_root(inode);
 	if (!root) {
+		iput(inode);
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto release_sb;
 	}