diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fd6df2fd7798..609f50ca3262 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 42d53b4ff7d61487d18274ebdf1f70c1aef6f122
+refs/heads/master: 8767ba2796a1c894e6d9524584a26a8224f0543d
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
index 25b103190364..bf0e231d9702 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -520,13 +520,15 @@ int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(sub_info, filp);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+	ret = call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+	if (ret < 0)	/* Failed to execute helper, close pipe */
+		filp_close(*filp, NULL);
 
-  out:
-	call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe);