diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 0030799023fd..746a3f0fcb2d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -4847,6 +4847,7 @@ 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(zsb);
 			return (error);
 		}