diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 050cd150ea60..3bde15a352b0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 864c5a4d37b1f25e3c36dd00a09158eae455a8fd
+refs/heads/master: 3af8e31cf57646284b5f77f9d57d2c22fa77485a
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c
index 321804315659..6d0c0f7364ad 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c
@@ -387,12 +387,17 @@ static int recent_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	st = kzalloc(sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (st == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = seq_open(file, &recent_seq_ops);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		kfree(st);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	st->table    = pde->data;
 	seq          = file->private_data;
 	seq->private = st;
+out:
 	return ret;
 }