diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
index e27960c..518e1bc 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_fsnotify.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static void inotify_free_group_priv(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 	idr_for_each(&group->inotify_data.idr, idr_callback, group);
 	idr_remove_all(&group->inotify_data.idr);
 	idr_destroy(&group->inotify_data.idr);
+	atomic_dec(&group->inotify_data.user->inotify_devs);
 	free_uid(group->inotify_data.user);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 72f8825..7b1a2c3 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -290,15 +290,12 @@ static int inotify_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 static int inotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_group *group = file->private_data;
-	struct user_struct *user = group->inotify_data.user;
 
 	fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group(group);
 
 	/* free this group, matching get was inotify_init->fsnotify_obtain_group */
 	fsnotify_put_group(group);
 
-	atomic_dec(&user->inotify_devs);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -616,7 +613,7 @@ retry:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(struct user_struct *user, unsigned int max_events)
+static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(unsigned int max_events)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_group *group;
 	unsigned int grp_num;
@@ -632,8 +629,14 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(struct user_struct *user, unsign
 	spin_lock_init(&group->inotify_data.idr_lock);
 	idr_init(&group->inotify_data.idr);
 	group->inotify_data.last_wd = 0;
-	group->inotify_data.user = user;
 	group->inotify_data.fa = NULL;
+	group->inotify_data.user = get_current_user();
+
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&group->inotify_data.user->inotify_devs) >
+	    inotify_max_user_instances) {
+		fsnotify_put_group(group);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EMFILE);
+	}
 
 	return group;
 }
@@ -643,7 +646,6 @@ static struct fsnotify_group *inotify_new_group(struct user_struct *user, unsign
 SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_group *group;
-	struct user_struct *user;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Check the IN_* constants for consistency.  */
@@ -653,31 +655,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(inotify_init1, int, flags)
 	if (flags & ~(IN_CLOEXEC | IN_NONBLOCK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	user = get_current_user();
-	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&user->inotify_devs) >=
-			inotify_max_user_instances)) {
-		ret = -EMFILE;
-		goto out_free_uid;
-	}
-
 	/* fsnotify_obtain_group took a reference to group, we put this when we kill the file in the end */
-	group = inotify_new_group(user, inotify_max_queued_events);
-	if (IS_ERR(group)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(group);
-		goto out_free_uid;
-	}
-
-	atomic_inc(&user->inotify_devs);
+	group = inotify_new_group(inotify_max_queued_events);
+	if (IS_ERR(group))
+		return PTR_ERR(group);
 
 	ret = anon_inode_getfd("inotify", &inotify_fops, group,
 				  O_RDONLY | flags);
-	if (ret >= 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (ret < 0)
+		fsnotify_put_group(group);
 
-	fsnotify_put_group(group);
-	atomic_dec(&user->inotify_devs);
-out_free_uid:
-	free_uid(user);
 	return ret;
 }