--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/fs/wrapfs/dentry.c b/fs/wrapfs/dentry.c
+index 08110aceb05b..45498e4a4804 100644
+--- a/fs/wrapfs/dentry.c
++++ b/fs/wrapfs/dentry.c
+@@ -34,9 +34,17 @@ static int wrapfs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
+
+ static void wrapfs_d_release(struct dentry *dentry)
+ {
+- /* release and reset the lower paths */
+- wrapfs_put_reset_lower_path(dentry);
+- free_dentry_private_data(dentry);
++ /*
++ * It is possible that the dentry private data is NULL in case we
++ * ran out of memory while initializing it in
++ * new_dentry_private_data. So check for NULL before attempting to
++ * release resources.
++ */
++ if (WRAPFS_D(dentry)) {
++ /* release and reset the lower paths */
++ wrapfs_put_reset_lower_path(dentry);
++ free_dentry_private_data(dentry);
++ }
+ return;
+ }
+
+diff --git a/fs/wrapfs/main.c b/fs/wrapfs/main.c
+index b73a7d86084b..3df02cc778b3 100644
+--- a/fs/wrapfs/main.c
++++ b/fs/wrapfs/main.c
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int wrapfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
+ if (!WRAPFS_SB(sb)) {
+ printk(KERN_CRIT "wrapfs: read_super: out of memory\n");
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+- goto out_free;
++ goto out_pput;
+ }
+
+ /* set the lower superblock field of upper superblock */
+@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ static int wrapfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
+ inode = wrapfs_iget(sb, d_inode(lower_path.dentry));
+ if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+- goto out_sput;
++ goto out_pput;
+ }
+ sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode);
+ if (!sb->s_root) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+- goto out_iput;
++ goto out_pput;
+ }
+ d_set_d_op(sb->s_root, &wrapfs_dops);
+
+@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int wrapfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
+ sb->s_root->d_fsdata = NULL;
+ err = new_dentry_private_data(sb->s_root);
+ if (err)
+- goto out_freeroot;
++ goto out_pput;
+
+ /* if get here: cannot have error */
+
+@@ -100,19 +100,15 @@ static int wrapfs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *raw_data, int silent)
+ dev_name, lower_sb->s_type->name);
+ goto out; /* all is well */
+
+- /* no longer needed: free_dentry_private_data(sb->s_root); */
+-out_freeroot:
+- dput(sb->s_root);
+-out_iput:
+- iput(inode);
+-out_sput:
+- /* drop refs we took earlier */
+- atomic_dec(&lower_sb->s_active);
+- kfree(WRAPFS_SB(sb));
+- sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
+-out_free:
++ /*
++ * path_put is the only resource we need to free if an error occurred
++ * because returning an error from this function will cause
++ * generic_shutdown_super to be called, which will call
++ * wrapfs_put_super, and that function will release any other
++ * resources we took.
++ */
++out_pput:
+ path_put(&lower_path);
+-
+ out:
+ return err;
+ }