diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/net.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/net.c
index 9279897..b2e9186 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/net.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/net.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 				if (dentry) {
 					alias = d_materialise_unique(dentry, &npi->vfs_inode);
 					if (alias)
-						dput(dentry);
+						dput(alias);
 				}
 
 				dput(dentry);