diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index e873c2ba7a7f..31ded797d935 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -744,8 +744,10 @@ retry:
 				restore_deleg_ino(dir, req->r_deleg_ino);
 				ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
 				try_async = false;
+				ceph_put_string(rcu_dereference_raw(lo.pool_ns));
 				goto retry;
 			}
+			ceph_put_string(rcu_dereference_raw(lo.pool_ns));
 			goto out_req;
 		}
 	}