diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index 1afb0a1..e27960c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/path.h> /* struct path */
 #include <linux/slab.h> /* kmem_* */
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include "inotify.h"
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ static void inotify_free_group_priv(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 	idr_for_each(&group->inotify_data.idr, idr_callback, group);
 	idr_remove_all(&group->inotify_data.idr);
 	idr_destroy(&group->inotify_data.idr);
+	free_uid(group->inotify_data.user);
 }
 
 void inotify_free_event_priv(struct fsnotify_event_private_data *fsn_event_priv)
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 472cdf2..e46ca68 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -546,21 +546,24 @@ retry:
 	if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(&group->inotify_data.idr, GFP_KERNEL)))
 		goto out_err;
 
+	/* we are putting the mark on the idr, take a reference */
+	fsnotify_get_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
+
 	spin_lock(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
 	ret = idr_get_new_above(&group->inotify_data.idr, &tmp_ientry->fsn_entry,
 				group->inotify_data.last_wd+1,
 				&tmp_ientry->wd);
 	spin_unlock(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
 	if (ret) {
+		/* we didn't get on the idr, drop the idr reference */
+		fsnotify_put_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
+
 		/* idr was out of memory allocate and try again */
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 			goto retry;
 		goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	/* we put the mark on the idr, take a reference */
-	fsnotify_get_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
-
 	/* we are on the idr, now get on the inode */
 	ret = fsnotify_add_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry, group, inode);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -578,16 +581,13 @@ retry:
 	/* return the watch descriptor for this new entry */
 	ret = tmp_ientry->wd;
 
-	/* match the ref from fsnotify_init_markentry() */
-	fsnotify_put_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
-
 	/* if this mark added a new event update the group mask */
 	if (mask & ~group->mask)
 		fsnotify_recalc_group_mask(group);
 
 out_err:
-	if (ret < 0)
-		kmem_cache_free(inotify_inode_mark_cachep, tmp_ientry);
+	/* match the ref from fsnotify_init_markentry() */
+	fsnotify_put_mark(&tmp_ientry->fsn_entry);
 
 	return ret;
 }