diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bc8f82cce0d6..17e71af08a9b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d4a76f8a619b5d7dfd5a0f122666fee24bb3dcb9
+refs/heads/master: ab2b7ebaad16226c9a5e85c5f384d19fa58a7459
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
index b750675251e5..7e95bedb2bfc 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -370,8 +370,10 @@ struct subprocess_info *call_usermodehelper_setup(char *path, char **argv,
 	sub_info->argv = argv;
 	sub_info->envp = envp;
 	sub_info->cred = prepare_usermodehelper_creds();
-	if (!sub_info->cred)
+	if (!sub_info->cred) {
+		kfree(sub_info);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
   out:
 	return sub_info;