diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index ce601d71a42728d06bd898b2a36db97ca1bf35ff..cbee5ec4039dc5776094844e8f9336829d510bb0 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -841,7 +841,6 @@ struct dentry *v9fs_vfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!IS_ERR(res))
 		return res;
 	result = PTR_ERR(res);
-	iput(inode);
 error:
 	p9_client_clunk(fid);