diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 4b1451a60e62..b2aea5ecab41 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9850c056559f3633a32d810aaf00ced39437b364
+refs/heads/master: 9b6e31021122babe3b3a67b102479f740928b5eb
diff --git a/trunk/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/trunk/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index c8afa6b1d91d..32a5f46b1157 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int get_target(const char *symname, struct path *path,
 				ret = -ENOENT;
 				path_put(path);
 			}
-		} else
+		} else {
 			ret = -EPERM;
+			path_put(path);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;