diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index be38b573495a78ddf281629da6e5f85f98eed17b..4a48fe4b84b68c4e704aea84ea761e101a5ad0df 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1846,6 +1846,11 @@ int nfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 							GFP_KERNEL)) {
 		SetPageUptodate(page);
 		unlock_page(page);
+		/*
+		 * add_to_page_cache_lru() grabs an extra page refcount.
+		 * Drop it here to avoid leaking this page later.
+		 */
+		page_cache_release(page);
 	} else
 		__free_page(page);