diff --git a/fs/autofs/inode.c b/fs/autofs/inode.c
index 38ede5c..f968d13 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/inode.c
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * In the event of a failure in get_sb_nodev the superblock
 	 * info is not present so nothing else has been setup, so
-	 * just exit when we are called from deactivate_super.
+	 * just call kill_anon_super when we are called from
+	 * deactivate_super.
 	 */
 	if (!sbi)
-		return;
+		goto out_kill_sb;
 
 	if ( !sbi->catatonic )
 		autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi); /* Free wait queues, close pipe */
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 
 	kfree(sb->s_fs_info);
 
+out_kill_sb:
 	DPRINTK(("autofs: shutting down\n"));
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 }
@@ -209,7 +211,6 @@
 fail_free:
 	kfree(sbi);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	kill_anon_super(s);
 fail_unlock:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
diff --git a/fs/autofs4/inode.c b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
index ce7c0f1..9c48250 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/inode.c
@@ -152,10 +152,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * In the event of a failure in get_sb_nodev the superblock
 	 * info is not present so nothing else has been setup, so
-	 * just exit when we are called from deactivate_super.
+	 * just call kill_anon_super when we are called from
+	 * deactivate_super.
 	 */
 	if (!sbi)
-		return;
+		goto out_kill_sb;
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
 
 	kfree(sbi);
 
+out_kill_sb:
 	DPRINTK("shutting down");
 	kill_anon_super(sb);
 }
@@ -426,7 +428,6 @@
 fail_free:
 	kfree(sbi);
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	kill_anon_super(s);
 fail_unlock:
 	return -EINVAL;
 }