sparse.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -upN reference/mm/sparse.c current/mm/sparse.c
--- reference/mm/sparse.c
+++ current/mm/sparse.c
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ int sparse_add_one_section(struct zone *
 
 	ret = sparse_init_one_section(ms, section_nr, memmap);
 
-	if (ret <= 0)
-		__kfree_section_memmap(memmap, nr_pages);
 out:
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(pgdat, &flags);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		__kfree_section_memmap(memmap, nr_pages);
 	return ret;
 }