diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index f51b6fd5f570e891d1f16a793f6aa57a5d5573e8..4889aaa72accb2c4d0ed752babff73ff0a95df9f 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -1328,8 +1328,8 @@ static int readdir_prepopulate_inodes_only(struct ceph_mds_request *req,
 		if (rc < 0) {
 			pr_err("fill_inode badness on %p got %d\n", in, rc);
 			err = rc;
-			continue;
 		}
+		iput(in);
 	}
 
 	return err;