diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f9ab2adab342..b58509dd3b16 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1f525f16e0a2b5743a64bf6991d3b6704271f8b6
+refs/heads/master: 834a9b8ca7a01c34570be021f88e18884a29f048
diff --git a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index 2f580a197b8d..eae50c9d6dc4 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -434,11 +434,11 @@ static int v9fs_remove(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *file, int rmdir)
 	result = v9fs_t_remove(v9ses, fid, &fcall);
 	if (result < 0) {
 		PRINT_FCALL_ERROR("remove fails", fcall);
-	} else {
-		v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
-		v9fs_fid_destroy(v9fid);
 	}
 
+	v9fs_put_idpool(fid, &v9ses->fidpool);
+	v9fs_fid_destroy(v9fid);
+
 	kfree(fcall);
 	return result;
 }