diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
index 57725d4a8c59..141f9bc213a3 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb,
 	pkt.len = dentry->d_name.len;
 	memcpy(pkt.name, dentry->d_name.name, pkt.len);
 	pkt.name[pkt.len] = '\0';
-	dput(dentry);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(pkt_p, &pkt, sizeof(struct autofs_packet_expire)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -580,6 +579,8 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb,
 	complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
+	dput(dentry);
+
 	return ret;
 }