cmp = ((u64)be32_to_cpu(rs->rs_bound_addr) << 32) |
                      be16_to_cpu(rs->rs_bound_port);
 
-               if (cmp == needle)
+               if (cmp == needle) {
+                       rds_sock_addref(rs);
                        return rs;
+               }
        }
 
        if (insert) {
        rs = rds_bind_lookup(addr, port, NULL);
        read_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
-       if (rs && !sock_flag(rds_rs_to_sk(rs), SOCK_DEAD))
-               rds_sock_addref(rs);
-       else
+       if (rs && sock_flag(rds_rs_to_sk(rs), SOCK_DEAD)) {
+               rds_sock_put(rs);
                rs = NULL;
+       }
 
        rdsdebug("returning rs %p for %pI4:%u\n", rs, &addr,
                ntohs(port));
        write_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
        do {
+               struct rds_sock *rrs;
                if (rover == 0)
                        rover++;
-               if (!rds_bind_lookup(addr, cpu_to_be16(rover), rs)) {
+               rrs = rds_bind_lookup(addr, cpu_to_be16(rover), rs);
+               if (!rrs) {
                        *port = rs->rs_bound_port;
                        ret = 0;
                        rdsdebug("rs %p binding to %pI4:%d\n",
                          rs, &addr, (int)ntohs(*port));
                        break;
+               } else {
+                       rds_sock_put(rrs);
                }
        } while (rover++ != last);