diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 4be683eeba018d89aa488d156fdaa31d83485750..245160373dabf146ae283e9832dfc89f9535db1c 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -2061,6 +2061,7 @@ __initcall(init_sel_fs);
 void exit_sel_fs(void)
 {
 	sysfs_remove_mount_point(fs_kobj, "selinux");
+	dput(selinux_null.dentry);
 	kern_unmount(selinuxfs_mount);
 	unregister_filesystem(&sel_fs_type);
 }