diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 490697542fc2..dc2f41e9f577 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -769,11 +769,12 @@ svcauth_gss_register_pseudoflavor(u32 pseudoflavor, char * name)
 	new->h.flavour = &svcauthops_gss;
 	new->pseudoflavor = pseudoflavor;
 
+	stat = 0;
 	test = auth_domain_lookup(name, &new->h);
-	if (test != &new->h) { /* XXX Duplicate registration? */
-		auth_domain_put(&new->h);
-		/* dangling ref-count... */
-		goto out;
+	if (test != &new->h) { /* Duplicate registration */
+		auth_domain_put(test);
+		kfree(new->h.name);
+		goto out_free_dom;
 	}
 	return 0;