diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 41ba997700b7..859b4c412ac4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1edcf2e1ee2babb011cfca80ad9d202e9c491669
+refs/heads/master: 8774b7f63be0d1b237bc30d49b6486f7691e2ed4
diff --git a/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c b/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
index 788865df1bc9..584bb0f9c36a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct afs_cell *afs_cell_create(const char *name, char *vllist)
 	cell = afs_cell_alloc(name, vllist);
 	if (IS_ERR(cell)) {
 		_leave(" = %ld", PTR_ERR(cell));
+		up_write(&afs_cells_sem);
 		return cell;
 	}