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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit_watch.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 4a98f6e314a9..35f1d706bd5b 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -365,12 +365,12 @@ static int audit_get_nd(struct audit_watch *watch, struct path *parent)
struct dentry *d = kern_path_locked(watch->path, parent);
if (IS_ERR(d))
return PTR_ERR(d);
- inode_unlock(d_backing_inode(parent->dentry));
if (d_is_positive(d)) {
/* update watch filter fields */
watch->dev = d->d_sb->s_dev;
watch->ino = d_backing_inode(d)->i_ino;
}
+ inode_unlock(d_backing_inode(parent->dentry));
dput(d);
return 0;
}