struct dentry *old;
/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
- if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+ if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode))) {
+ dput(dentry);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ }
old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
if (unlikely(old)) {