diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index b2bc4c335bb1..4f1472409ef8 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ int cgroup_bpf_inherit(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	for (i = 0; i < NR; i++)
 		bpf_prog_array_free(arrays[i]);
 
+	for (p = cgroup_parent(cgrp); p; p = cgroup_parent(p))
+		cgroup_bpf_put(p);
+
 	percpu_ref_exit(&cgrp->bpf.refcnt);
 
 	return -ENOMEM;