diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 424c0cf9f335..d7ffe4eb9a41 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5698bd757d55b1bb87edd1a9744ab09c142abfc2
+refs/heads/master: 6bf6104573482570f7103d3e5ddf9574db43a363
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index dfafeb2b05a0..eb7cc91b7258 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -462,9 +462,6 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 	err = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	inode = proc_sys_make_inode(dir->i_sb, h ? h : head, p);
-	if (h)
-		sysctl_head_finish(h);
-
 	if (!inode)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -473,6 +470,8 @@ static struct dentry *proc_sys_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 
 out:
+	if (h)
+		sysctl_head_finish(h);
 	sysctl_head_finish(head);
 	return err;
 }