diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 780bba695453a993cb733b4a95469cd05c7e8899..73b47cb533f223253ecac181bb2ff0592e90a12c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -519,8 +519,10 @@ static int inotify_update_existing_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 	fsn_mark = fsnotify_find_mark(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks, group);
 	if (!fsn_mark)
 		return -ENOENT;
-	else if (create)
-		return -EEXIST;
+	else if (create) {
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	i_mark = container_of(fsn_mark, struct inotify_inode_mark, fsn_mark);
 
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ static int inotify_update_existing_watch(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 
 	/* return the wd */
 	ret = i_mark->wd;
-
+out:
 	/* match the get from fsnotify_find_mark() */
 	fsnotify_put_mark(fsn_mark);