diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 71cd288b2001..f91a25547ffe 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1494,9 +1494,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 	BUG_ON(!current->mm);
 
 	pathname = getname(specialfile);
-	err = PTR_ERR(pathname);
 	if (IS_ERR(pathname))
-		goto out;
+		return PTR_ERR(pathname);
 
 	victim = file_open_name(pathname, O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE, 0);
 	err = PTR_ERR(victim);
@@ -1608,6 +1607,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 out_dput:
 	filp_close(victim, NULL);
 out:
+	putname(pathname);
 	return err;
 }