diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f41f7dec8e45..b75aa3cf791c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a9dccddb60913056bcadaeeacfe0395447fd2472
+refs/heads/master: 0259894c732837c801565d038eaecdcf8fc5bbe7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 8540f2bab9c6..55bb456e8f1c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1894,6 +1894,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	retval = tty_add_file(tty, filp);
 	if (retval) {
 		tty_unlock();
+		tty_release(inode, filp);
 		return retval;
 	}