diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 088e5c92de68..7dc8c5d9ec7a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2597,9 +2597,7 @@ static int cgroup_create_dir(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct dentry *dentry,
 		dentry->d_fsdata = cgrp;
 		inc_nlink(parent->d_inode);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(cgrp->dentry, dentry);
-		dget(dentry);
 	}
-	dput(dentry);
 
 	return error;
 }