Index: src/kernel/linux-2.6/namei.c
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pvfs2/src/kernel/linux-2.6/namei.c,v
retrieving revision 1.82
diff -u -a -p -r1.82 namei.c
--- src/kernel/linux-2.6/namei.c	5 Apr 2007 14:52:42 -0000	1.82
+++ src/kernel/linux-2.6/namei.c	9 Oct 2007 00:01:32 -0000
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ static struct dentry *pvfs2_lookup(
             return NULL;
         }
 
+        op_release(new_op);
         /* must be a non-recoverable error */
         return ERR_PTR(ret);
     }