diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index 84daab8ae062..62736465ac82 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -869,8 +869,10 @@ static struct multi_transaction *multi_transaction_new(struct file *file,
 	if (!t)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	kref_init(&t->count);
-	if (copy_from_user(t->data, buf, size))
+	if (copy_from_user(t->data, buf, size)) {
+		put_multi_transaction(t);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
+	}
 
 	return t;
 }