diff --git a/fs/hfs/bnode.c b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
index c0a73a6ffb28..397e02a56697 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/bnode.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *__hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 cnid)
 		tree->node_hash[hash] = node;
 		tree->node_hash_cnt++;
 	} else {
+		hfs_bnode_get(node2);
 		spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
 		kfree(node);
 		wait_event(node2->lock_wq, !test_bit(HFS_BNODE_NEW, &node2->flags));