diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
index fdf527b6d79c..d71c9405874a 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_node_dentry(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 		return dentry;
 
 	knparent = find_next_ancestor(kn, NULL);
-	if (WARN_ON(!knparent))
+	if (WARN_ON(!knparent)) {
+		dput(dentry);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
 
 	do {
 		struct dentry *dtmp;
@@ -206,8 +208,10 @@ struct dentry *kernfs_node_dentry(struct kernfs_node *kn,
 		if (kn == knparent)
 			return dentry;
 		kntmp = find_next_ancestor(kn, knparent);
-		if (WARN_ON(!kntmp))
+		if (WARN_ON(!kntmp)) {
+			dput(dentry);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
 		dtmp = lookup_one_len_unlocked(kntmp->name, dentry,
 					       strlen(kntmp->name));
 		dput(dentry);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index f31bd61c9466..503bba3c4bae 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ struct dentry *cgroup_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 			       struct cgroup_namespace *ns)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	bool new_sb;
+	bool new_sb = false;
 
 	dentry = kernfs_mount(fs_type, flags, root->kf_root, magic, &new_sb);
 
@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@ struct dentry *cgroup_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	 */
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry) && ns != &init_cgroup_ns) {
 		struct dentry *nsdentry;
+		struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
 		struct cgroup *cgrp;
 
 		mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -2053,12 +2054,14 @@ struct dentry *cgroup_do_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-		nsdentry = kernfs_node_dentry(cgrp->kn, dentry->d_sb);
+		nsdentry = kernfs_node_dentry(cgrp->kn, sb);
 		dput(dentry);
+		if (IS_ERR(nsdentry))
+			deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 		dentry = nsdentry;
 	}
 
-	if (IS_ERR(dentry) || !new_sb)
+	if (!new_sb)
 		cgroup_put(&root->cgrp);
 
 	return dentry;