diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 16c8a2a98c1bb6b93fbc8634cb1986cf555bad0e..899f168fd19cc4d4aca48e6d26e51aa08b34db59 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -292,9 +292,11 @@ int v9fs_dir_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	fid = filp->private_data;
 	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS,
-			"inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n", inode, filp, fid->fid);
+			"v9fs_dir_release: inode: %p filp: %p fid: %d\n",
+			inode, filp, fid ? fid->fid : -1);
 	filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
-	p9_client_clunk(fid);
+	if (fid)
+		p9_client_clunk(fid);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index c7c23eab94403468d161eac3bd254dfde1e27610..9e670d527646fc4abe2be6f0dfc992f4a3178042 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+	if (v9ses->cache)
+		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_cached_dentry_operations;
+	else
+		dentry->d_op = &v9fs_dentry_operations;
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (err < 0)
@@ -1128,6 +1131,7 @@ v9fs_vfs_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 	v9fs_stat2inode(st, dentry->d_inode, dentry->d_inode->i_sb);
 		generic_fillattr(dentry->d_inode, stat);
 
+	p9stat_free(st);
 	kfree(st);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1489,6 +1493,7 @@ static int v9fs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, int buflen)
 
 	retval = strnlen(buffer, buflen);
 done:
+	p9stat_free(st);
 	kfree(st);
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -1942,7 +1947,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations v9fs_dir_inode_operations_dotu = {
 	.unlink = v9fs_vfs_unlink,
 	.mkdir = v9fs_vfs_mkdir,
 	.rmdir = v9fs_vfs_rmdir,
-	.mknod = v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl,
+	.mknod = v9fs_vfs_mknod,
 	.rename = v9fs_vfs_rename,
 	.getattr = v9fs_vfs_getattr,
 	.setattr = v9fs_vfs_setattr,
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
index f9311077de6842091df9f257e3e6d91c641a0622..1d12ba0ed3db52fa55e2e6ff4aa48ade2cae1a88 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_super.c
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	fid = v9fs_session_init(v9ses, dev_name, data);
 	if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(fid);
+		/*
+		 * we need to call session_close to tear down some
+		 * of the data structure setup by session_init
+		 */
 		goto close_session;
 	}
 
@@ -144,7 +148,6 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto release_sb;
 	}
-
 	sb->s_root = root;
 
 	if (v9fs_proto_dotl(v9ses)) {
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		st = p9_client_getattr_dotl(fid, P9_STATS_BASIC);
 		if (IS_ERR(st)) {
 			retval = PTR_ERR(st);
-			goto clunk_fid;
+			goto release_sb;
 		}
 
 		v9fs_stat2inode_dotl(st, root->d_inode);
@@ -162,7 +165,7 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 		st = p9_client_stat(fid);
 		if (IS_ERR(st)) {
 			retval = PTR_ERR(st);
-			goto clunk_fid;
+			goto release_sb;
 		}
 
 		root->d_inode->i_ino = v9fs_qid2ino(&st->qid);
@@ -174,19 +177,24 @@ static int v9fs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 
 	v9fs_fid_add(root, fid);
 
-P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " simple set mount, return 0\n");
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " simple set mount, return 0\n");
 	simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
 	return 0;
 
 clunk_fid:
 	p9_client_clunk(fid);
-
 close_session:
 	v9fs_session_close(v9ses);
 	kfree(v9ses);
 	return retval;
-
 release_sb:
+	/*
+	 * we will do the session_close and root dentry release
+	 * in the below call. But we need to clunk fid, because we haven't
+	 * attached the fid to dentry so it won't get clunked
+	 * automatically.
+	 */
+	p9_client_clunk(fid);
 	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 	return retval;
 }
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index dc6f2f26d0230b1462ea1ea583c6fda5dc5b49c5..9eb72505308fc697d2857737f8dd3f4ec04d5bd3 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -331,8 +331,10 @@ static void p9_tag_cleanup(struct p9_client *c)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (c->tagpool)
+	if (c->tagpool) {
+		p9_idpool_put(0, c->tagpool); /* free reserved tag 0 */
 		p9_idpool_destroy(c->tagpool);
+	}
 
 	/* free requests associated with tags */
 	for (row = 0; row < (c->max_tag/P9_ROW_MAXTAG); row++) {
@@ -944,6 +946,7 @@ struct p9_fid *p9_client_walk(struct p9_fid *oldfid, int nwname, char **wnames,
 	int16_t nwqids, count;
 
 	err = 0;
+	wqids = NULL;
 	clnt = oldfid->clnt;
 	if (clone) {
 		fid = p9_fid_create(clnt);
@@ -994,9 +997,11 @@ struct p9_fid *p9_client_walk(struct p9_fid *oldfid, int nwname, char **wnames,
 	else
 		fid->qid = oldfid->qid;
 
+	kfree(wqids);
 	return fid;
 
 clunk_fid:
+	kfree(wqids);
 	p9_client_clunk(fid);
 	fid = NULL;