diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
index b68dd11cb892..b929b4f82420 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ static int init_bios_attributes(int attr_type, const char *guid)
 	struct kobject *attr_name_kobj; //individual attribute names
 	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
 	union acpi_object *elements;
+	struct kobject *duplicate;
 	struct kset *tmp_set;
 	int min_elements;
 
@@ -451,9 +452,11 @@ static int init_bios_attributes(int attr_type, const char *guid)
 		else
 			tmp_set = wmi_priv.main_dir_kset;
 
-		if (kset_find_obj(tmp_set, elements[ATTR_NAME].string.pointer)) {
-			pr_debug("duplicate attribute name found - %s\n",
-				elements[ATTR_NAME].string.pointer);
+		duplicate = kset_find_obj(tmp_set, elements[ATTR_NAME].string.pointer);
+		if (duplicate) {
+			pr_debug("Duplicate attribute name found - %s\n",
+				 elements[ATTR_NAME].string.pointer);
+			kobject_put(duplicate);
 			goto nextobj;
 		}