diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e964dbe3b926..e5c9163c8e65 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2422,6 +2422,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 			       bool remount)
 {
 	char *this_char, *value, *rest;
+	struct mempolicy *mpol = NULL;
 
 	while (options != NULL) {
 		this_char = options;
@@ -2448,7 +2449,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			    "tmpfs: No value for mount option '%s'\n",
 			    this_char);
-			return 1;
+			goto error;
 		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(this_char,"size")) {
@@ -2491,19 +2492,24 @@ static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 			if (*rest)
 				goto bad_val;
 		} else if (!strcmp(this_char,"mpol")) {
-			if (mpol_parse_str(value, &sbinfo->mpol, 1))
+			mpol_put(mpol);
+			mpol = NULL;
+			if (mpol_parse_str(value, &mpol, 1))
 				goto bad_val;
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "tmpfs: Bad mount option %s\n",
 			       this_char);
-			return 1;
+			goto error;
 		}
 	}
+	sbinfo->mpol = mpol;
 	return 0;
 
 bad_val:
 	printk(KERN_ERR "tmpfs: Bad value '%s' for mount option '%s'\n",
 	       value, this_char);
+error:
+	mpol_put(mpol);
 	return 1;
 
 }
@@ -2646,6 +2652,7 @@ static void shmem_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(sb);
 
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbinfo->used_blocks);
+	mpol_put(sbinfo->mpol);
 	kfree(sbinfo);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 }