diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 8540f2bab9c60f6438e19302703cfc98b5130d6f..55bb456e8f1c6a1aebae19e8232baddcd0c96f64 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1894,6 +1894,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	retval = tty_add_file(tty, filp);
 	if (retval) {
 		tty_unlock();
+		tty_release(inode, filp);
 		return retval;
 	}