diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index f7dbc06857abfe6e1959654f7fd66b393dd161d0..5362af9b73729905817a76b5c24a5b33c48d5ce7 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ static struct file *finish_open(struct nameidata *nd,
 	 */
 	if (will_truncate)
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
+	path_put(&nd->path);
 	return filp;
 
 exit:
@@ -1675,6 +1676,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 		}
 		filp = nameidata_to_filp(nd);
 		mnt_drop_write(nd->path.mnt);
+		path_put(&nd->path);
 		if (!IS_ERR(filp)) {
 			error = ima_file_check(filp, acc_mode);
 			if (error) {
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index d74e1983e8dc478145dc8da369c0479bb947d8c2..4197b9ed023d8d1b1831ddf8f706d2a34a934aa6 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -786,11 +786,11 @@ struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd)
 	/* Pick up the filp from the open intent */
 	filp = nd->intent.open.file;
 	/* Has the filesystem initialised the file for us? */
-	if (filp->f_path.dentry == NULL)
+	if (filp->f_path.dentry == NULL) {
+		path_get(&nd->path);
 		filp = __dentry_open(nd->path.dentry, nd->path.mnt, filp,
 				     NULL, cred);
-	else
-		path_put(&nd->path);
+	}
 	return filp;
 }