diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7e152635cba9..ad81471a620a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0e81a8ae37687845f7cdfa2adce14ea6a5f1dd34
+refs/heads/master: a5f37c3252b174efdcdd808797a7c529064c95c0
diff --git a/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c b/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
index 788865df1bc9..584bb0f9c36a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/afs/cell.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct afs_cell *afs_cell_create(const char *name, char *vllist)
 	cell = afs_cell_alloc(name, vllist);
 	if (IS_ERR(cell)) {
 		_leave(" = %ld", PTR_ERR(cell));
+		up_write(&afs_cells_sem);
 		return cell;
 	}