diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 444c305a468c531b7e9e8dda803a2d650a257c58..4cd5d5d78f9fa2b85f38bd9422efc3d387780295 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	fsnotify_put_group(group);
 	atomic_dec(&user->inotify_devs);
 out_free_uid:
 	free_uid(user);