diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
index 2c7d8d5..5c598ca 100644
--- a/kernel/user.c
+++ b/kernel/user.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 		spin_lock_irq(&uidhash_lock);
 		up = uid_hash_find(uid, hashent);
 		if (up) {
+			put_user_ns(ns);
 			key_put(new->uid_keyring);
 			key_put(new->session_keyring);
 			kmem_cache_free(uid_cachep, new);