diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 5fad489ce5bcde2ab514e3108f112cd5de005f17..e0201837d24459fd466affe53827ee8fbc102cf0 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 DEFINE_MUTEX(sysfs_mutex);
@@ -285,6 +286,9 @@ void release_sysfs_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 		sysfs_put(sd->s_symlink.target_sd);
 	if (sysfs_type(sd) & SYSFS_COPY_NAME)
 		kfree(sd->s_name);
+	if (sd->s_iattr && sd->s_iattr->ia_secdata)
+		security_release_secctx(sd->s_iattr->ia_secdata,
+					sd->s_iattr->ia_secdata_len);
 	kfree(sd->s_iattr);
 	sysfs_free_ino(sd->s_ino);
 	kmem_cache_free(sysfs_dir_cachep, sd);