diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 339d27636e47..520983bae4c0 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c14cc63a63e94d490ac6517a555113c30d420db4
+refs/heads/master: 8931221411f9ff950de8fd686dc5ab881394cb9a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/namei.c b/trunk/fs/namei.c
index b753192d8c3f..7d77f24d32a9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/namei.c
@@ -1272,8 +1272,10 @@ static int do_lookup(struct nameidata *nd, struct qstr *name,
 	path->mnt = mnt;
 	path->dentry = dentry;
 	err = follow_managed(path, nd->flags);
-	if (unlikely(err < 0))
+	if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+		path_put_conditional(path, nd);
 		return err;
+	}
 	*inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
 	return 0;