diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
index d4a094ca96f3c18379d2a321514f9423c889012a..114ab14cb7d889a72001bfc7ae806670dccb19b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ long spufs_create(struct path *path, struct dentry *dentry,
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&path->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	dput(dentry);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index 8591bb62d7fca91580ee30896ba22bd66d8a436d..5665dcc382c7350208e5c2b084a0e94761ce5051 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ static long do_spu_create(const char __user *pathname, unsigned int flags,
 	ret = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		ret = spufs_create(&path, dentry, flags, mode, neighbor);
-		mutex_unlock(&path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-		dput(dentry);
 		path_put(&path);
 	}