diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 94e792fa5e6b..dbc6fe875db7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2168,8 +2168,10 @@ static int path_lookupat(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags, struct path *path
 	if (!err) {
 		struct super_block *sb = nd->inode->i_sb;
 		if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
-			if (d_is_su(nd->path.dentry) && !su_visible())
+			if (d_is_su(nd->path.dentry) && !su_visible()) {
+				path_put(&nd->path);
 				err = -ENOENT;
+			}
 		}
 	}