diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index acd0fb0f2647..704046817df9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e9f7bee1df223dcf83743b46cb06c08d95497ec0
+refs/heads/master: b8444d00762703e1b6146fce12ce2684885f8bf6
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index c7ccd6ee1ddf..84a7e52f56f6 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -4936,13 +4936,15 @@ sys_perfmonctl (int fd, int cmd, void __user *arg, int count)
 	if (likely(ctx)) {
 		DPRINT(("context unlocked\n"));
 		UNPROTECT_CTX(ctx, flags);
-		fput(file);
 	}
 
 	/* copy argument back to user, if needed */
 	if (call_made && PFM_CMD_RW_ARG(cmd) && copy_to_user(arg, args_k, base_sz*count)) ret = -EFAULT;
 
 error_args:
+	if (file)
+		fput(file);
+
 	kfree(args_k);
 
 	DPRINT(("cmd=%s ret=%ld\n", PFM_CMD_NAME(cmd), ret));