diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 6cc3ece3417d..7d4099143a57 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ struct dentry *ovl_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			err = ovl_check_origin(upperdentry, roe->lowerstack,
 					       roe->numlower, &stack, &ctr);
 			if (err)
-				goto out;
+				goto out_put_upper;
 		}
 
 		if (d.redirect) {