diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 513b95eb46ae..3c491a0ba4ae 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ab711fe08297de1485fff0a366e6db8828cafd6a
+refs/heads/master: fd1edb3aa2c1d92618d8f0c6d15d44ea41fcac6a
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c b/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c
index 261690923ffb..27960f114efd 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -6531,6 +6531,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
+	if (task) {
+		put_task_struct(task);
+		task = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
 	 */