diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index fe960ddbde71d09e056b021378fb56dc49d0bc33..08356813977103e173b76bea7213dcf7f9b8bab7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ spufs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags,
 	goto out;
 
 out_free_ctx:
+	spu_forget(ctx);
 	put_spu_context(ctx);
 out_iput:
 	iput(inode);