diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 02dc608d40d8..bc2d1db2fcba 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -1441,11 +1441,11 @@ static long do_sys_openat2(int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 		if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 			put_unused_fd(fd);
 			fd = PTR_ERR(f);
+			putname(tmp);
 		} else {
 			fd_install(fd, f);
 		}
 	}
-	putname(tmp);
 	return fd;
 }