diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 97a3c5a4ef6d..1058d632ae55 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc4fdca85734d12cd2c7a25c52323ef6e6e5adef
+refs/heads/master: 8c696737aa61316a252c4514d09dd163f1464d33
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c b/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 8f9b9fe8ef9f..3582e79f46e0 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1199,8 +1199,10 @@ int ceph_readdir_prepopulate(struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 				goto out;
 			}
 			err = ceph_init_dentry(dn);
-			if (err < 0)
+			if (err < 0) {
+				dput(dn);
 				goto out;
+			}
 		} else if (dn->d_inode &&
 			   (ceph_ino(dn->d_inode) != vino.ino ||
 			    ceph_snap(dn->d_inode) != vino.snap)) {