diff --git a/kernel/user_namespace.c b/kernel/user_namespace.c
index d8c30db..6e50a44 100644
--- a/kernel/user_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/user_namespace.c
@@ -105,16 +105,21 @@
 int unshare_userns(unsigned long unshare_flags, struct cred **new_cred)
 {
 	struct cred *cred;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!(unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER))
 		return 0;
 
 	cred = prepare_creds();
-	if (!cred)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (cred) {
+		err = create_user_ns(cred);
+		if (err)
+			put_cred(cred);
+		else
+			*new_cred = cred;
+	}
 
-	*new_cred = cred;
-	return create_user_ns(cred);
+	return err;
 }
 
 void free_user_ns(struct user_namespace *ns)