diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 659a8f39c61a..b696543adab8 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -4263,12 +4263,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, path,
 		return err;
 
 	err = user_path_at(dfd, path, kattr.lookup_flags, &target);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	err = do_mount_setattr(&target, &kattr);
+	if (!err) {
+		err = do_mount_setattr(&target, &kattr);
+		path_put(&target);
+	}
 	finish_mount_kattr(&kattr);
-	path_put(&target);
 	return err;
 }