diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 5b9104b8e453958bd982341c77a125f9e90e8771..6afae97be9da878f6067197f6fc6e03bcc1806c8 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -750,8 +750,10 @@ int ceph_atomic_open(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 				restore_deleg_ino(dir, req->r_deleg_ino);
 				ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
 				try_async = false;
+				ceph_put_string(rcu_dereference_raw(lo.pool_ns));
 				goto retry;
 			}
+			ceph_put_string(rcu_dereference_raw(lo.pool_ns));
 			goto out_req;
 		}
 	}