diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
index b5d84f3f6071..11e01c48f51a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ldlm/ldlm_lock.c
@@ -1571,8 +1571,10 @@ struct ldlm_lock *ldlm_lock_create(struct ldlm_namespace *ns,
 		return ERR_CAST(res);
 
 	lock = ldlm_lock_new(res);
-	if (!lock)
+	if (!lock) {
+		ldlm_resource_putref(res);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	lock->l_req_mode = mode;
 	lock->l_ast_data = data;
@@ -1615,6 +1617,8 @@ struct ldlm_lock *ldlm_lock_create(struct ldlm_namespace *ns,
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
+
+
 /**
  * Enqueue (request) a lock.
  * On the client this is called from ldlm_cli_enqueue_fini