diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 2a583d4b859b..2e5191672fd2 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -5190,6 +5190,7 @@ zfs_ioc_smb_acl(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 		if ((error = get_nvlist(zc->zc_nvlist_src,
 		    zc->zc_nvlist_src_size, zc->zc_iflags, &nvlist)) != 0) {
 			VN_RELE(vp);
+			VN_RELE(ZTOV(sharedir));
 			ZFS_EXIT(zfsvfs);
 			return (error);
 		}