diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index c340be0a3f59..4e0578121d9a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int svc_export_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
 	if ((len=qword_get(&mesg, buf, PAGE_SIZE)) <= 0)
 		goto out;
 	err = path_lookup(buf, 0, &nd);
-	if (err) goto out;
+	if (err) goto out_no_path;
 
 	exp.h.flags = 0;
 	exp.ex_client = dom;
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ static int svc_export_parse(struct cache_detail *cd, char *mesg, int mlen)
  out:
 	if (nd.dentry)
 		path_release(&nd);
+ out_no_path:
 	if (dom)
 		auth_domain_put(dom);
 	kfree(buf);