diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cd516098beb8..c467b29192a4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 453ed90d1395a5281a8f1a0de5d8aabc66202e34
+refs/heads/master: 742b11a7ec60faa25d76c95c268041ab215c25ad
diff --git a/trunk/net/9p/client.c b/trunk/net/9p/client.c
index 93f442aaa119..781d89a952e4 100644
--- a/trunk/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/trunk/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1244,10 +1244,14 @@ struct p9_wstat *p9_client_stat(struct p9_fid *fid)
 		ret->name, ret->uid, ret->gid, ret->muid, ret->extension,
 		ret->n_uid, ret->n_gid, ret->n_muid);
 
+	p9_free_req(clnt, req);
+	return ret;
+
 free_and_error:
 	p9_free_req(clnt, req);
 error:
-	return ret;
+	kfree(ret);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_stat);