diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
index f24edc38c27b..b4aa8c2ba2c0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ ssize_t gasket_sysfs_register_store(struct device *device,
 	gasket_dev = mapping->gasket_dev;
 	if (!gasket_dev) {
 		dev_err(device, "Device driver may have been removed\n");
+		put_mapping(mapping);
 		return 0;
 	}