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-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/vfs.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index ba944123167b..ff476e654b8f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1252,10 +1252,13 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
if (IS_ERR(dchild))
return nfserrno(host_err);
err = fh_compose(resfhp, fhp->fh_export, dchild, fhp);
- if (err) {
- dput(dchild);
+ /*
+ * We unconditionally drop our ref to dchild as fh_compose will have
+ * already grabbed its own ref for it.
+ */
+ dput(dchild);
+ if (err)
return err;
- }
return nfsd_create_locked(rqstp, fhp, fname, flen, iap, type,
rdev, resfhp);
}