gss_auth = container_of(auth, struct gss_auth, rpc_auth);
        rpc_unlink(gss_auth->dentry);
-       dput(gss_auth->dentry);
        gss_auth->dentry = NULL;
        gss_mech_put(gss_auth->mech);
 
 
 out_no_auth:
        if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
                rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
-               dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
                rpc_put_mount();
        }
 out_no_path:
        new->cl_autobind = 0;
        new->cl_oneshot = 0;
        new->cl_dead = 0;
-       if (!IS_ERR(new->cl_dentry)) {
+       if (!IS_ERR(new->cl_dentry))
                dget(new->cl_dentry);
-               rpc_get_mount();
-       }
        rpc_init_rtt(&new->cl_rtt_default, clnt->cl_xprt->timeout.to_initval);
        if (new->cl_auth)
                atomic_inc(&new->cl_auth->au_count);
                clnt->cl_auth = NULL;
        }
        if (clnt->cl_parent != clnt) {
+               if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+                       dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
                rpc_destroy_client(clnt->cl_parent);
                goto out_free;
        }
-       if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry))
+       if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
                rpc_rmdir(clnt->cl_dentry);
+               rpc_put_mount();
+       }
        if (clnt->cl_xprt) {
                xprt_destroy(clnt->cl_xprt);
                clnt->cl_xprt = NULL;
 out_free:
        rpc_free_iostats(clnt->cl_metrics);
        clnt->cl_metrics = NULL;
-       if (!IS_ERR(clnt->cl_dentry)) {
-               dput(clnt->cl_dentry);
-               rpc_put_mount();
-       }
        kfree(clnt);
        return 0;
 }