diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index af68b15a8fc1..3609d31ad0dd 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2932,16 +2932,16 @@ static struct file *__shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size,
 	this.len = strlen(name);
 	this.hash = 0; /* will go */
 	sb = shm_mnt->mnt_sb;
+	path.mnt = mntget(shm_mnt);
 	path.dentry = d_alloc_pseudo(sb, &this);
 	if (!path.dentry)
 		goto put_memory;
 	d_set_d_op(path.dentry, &anon_ops);
-	path.mnt = mntget(shm_mnt);
 
 	res = ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 	inode = shmem_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFREG | S_IRWXUGO, 0, flags);
 	if (!inode)
-		goto put_dentry;
+		goto put_memory;
 
 	inode->i_flags |= i_flags;
 	d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);
@@ -2949,19 +2949,19 @@ static struct file *__shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size,
 	clear_nlink(inode);	/* It is unlinked */
 	res = ERR_PTR(ramfs_nommu_expand_for_mapping(inode, size));
 	if (IS_ERR(res))
-		goto put_dentry;
+		goto put_path;
 
 	res = alloc_file(&path, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ,
 		  &shmem_file_operations);
 	if (IS_ERR(res))
-		goto put_dentry;
+		goto put_path;
 
 	return res;
 
-put_dentry:
-	path_put(&path);
 put_memory:
 	shmem_unacct_size(flags, size);
+put_path:
+	path_put(&path);
 	return res;
 }