diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
index d2f3c4c..dfa9ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@
 
 int tty_lock_interruptible(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (WARN(tty->magic != TTY_MAGIC, "L Bad %p\n", tty))
 		return -EIO;
 	tty_kref_get(tty);
-	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->legacy_mutex);
+	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->legacy_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		tty_kref_put(tty);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void __lockfunc tty_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty)