diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
index e441fa2e7689..ff9cb2532745 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2inode.c
@@ -1294,6 +1294,8 @@ static int smb2_set_path_attr(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	smb2_to_name = cifs_convert_path_to_utf16(to_name, cifs_sb);
 	if (smb2_to_name == NULL) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		if (cfile)
+			cifsFileInfo_put(cfile);
 		goto smb2_rename_path;
 	}
 	in_iov.iov_base = smb2_to_name;