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-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/symlink.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/symlink.c b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
index faeb4417a10d..0004d18c40ac 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/symlink.c
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ int configfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symna
goto out_put;
ret = type->ct_item_ops->allow_link(parent_item, target_item);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret) {
ret = create_link(parent_item, target_item, dentry);
+ if (ret && type->ct_item_ops->drop_link)
+ type->ct_item_ops->drop_link(parent_item,
+ target_item);
+ }
config_item_put(target_item);
path_put(&nd.path);