Index: uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision 737ebf303532be0cc0b22233d0ef1a31b9701e5c)
+++ uspace/srv/vfs/vfs_ops.c	(revision 68f1254cd6b6939598f1d7d4cbb6620555f6523d)
@@ -892,4 +892,5 @@
 	rc = vfs_fd_alloc(&file, false, out_fd);
 	if (rc != EOK) {
+		fibril_rwlock_read_unlock(&namespace_rwlock);
 		vfs_node_put(node);
 		vfs_file_put(parent);