--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ov
 	if (!c->metacopy && c->stat.size) {
 		err = ovl_copy_up_file(ofs, c->dentry, tmpfile, c->stat.size);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out_fput;
 	}
 
 	err = ovl_copy_up_metadata(c, temp);