diff --git a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
index 87ed48e..7d6a0e9 100644
--- a/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
+++ b/fs/hppfs/hppfs.c
@@ -174,13 +174,11 @@
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	inode = get_inode(ino->i_sb, proc_dentry);
 	if (!inode)
-		goto out_dput;
+		goto out;
 
  	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	return NULL;
 
- out_dput:
-	dput(proc_dentry);
  out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
@@ -690,8 +688,10 @@
 	struct inode *proc_ino = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);
 
-	if (!inode)
+	if (!inode) {
+		dput(dentry);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	if (S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &hppfs_dir_iops;
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
 		inode->i_fop = &hppfs_file_fops;
 	}
 
-	HPPFS_I(inode)->proc_dentry = dget(dentry);
+	HPPFS_I(inode)->proc_dentry = dentry;
 
 	inode->i_uid = proc_ino->i_uid;
 	inode->i_gid = proc_ino->i_gid;
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 	sb->s_fs_info = proc_mnt;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
-	root_inode = get_inode(sb, proc_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
+	root_inode = get_inode(sb, dget(proc_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root));
 	if (!root_inode)
 		goto out_mntput;