diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 526faf4778ce..2462a9a84b95 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@ retry_lookup:
 				in, ceph_vinop(in));
 			if (in->i_state & I_NEW)
 				discard_new_inode(in);
+			else
+				iput(in);
 			goto done;
 		}
 		req->r_target_inode = in;