diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 10cdb9c26b5d..ab5ac84f82e2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6756,6 +6756,7 @@ static void perf_fill_ns_link_info(struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info,
 		ns_inode = ns_path.dentry->d_inode;
 		ns_link_info->dev = new_encode_dev(ns_inode->i_sb->s_dev);
 		ns_link_info->ino = ns_inode->i_ino;
+		path_put(&ns_path);
 	}
 }