diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 5b213d9..600e06f 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&msg_ids(ns).mutex);
 
+	ipc_fini_ids(ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS]);
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_MSG_IDS] = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index 0dafcc4..21b3289 100644
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sem_ids(ns).mutex);
 
+	ipc_fini_ids(ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS]);
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_SEM_IDS] = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index bfbd317..d1198dd 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&shm_ids(ns).mutex);
 
+	ipc_fini_ids(ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS]);
 	kfree(ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS]);
 	ns->ids[IPC_SHM_IDS] = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 42479e4..cd8bb14 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 	 */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ids->entries, new);
 
-	ipc_rcu_putref(old);
+	__ipc_fini_ids(ids, old);
 	return newsize;
 }
 
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index c8fd6b9d..e3aa2c5 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@
 void ipc_rcu_getref(void *ptr);
 void ipc_rcu_putref(void *ptr);
 
+static inline void __ipc_fini_ids(struct ipc_ids *ids,
+		struct ipc_id_ary *entries)
+{
+	if (entries != &ids->nullentry)
+		ipc_rcu_putref(entries);
+}
+
+static inline void ipc_fini_ids(struct ipc_ids *ids)
+{
+	__ipc_fini_ids(ids, ids->entries);
+}
+
 struct kern_ipc_perm* ipc_get(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id);
 struct kern_ipc_perm* ipc_lock(struct ipc_ids* ids, int id);
 void ipc_lock_by_ptr(struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp);