diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 977f36612e83..f01096549a93 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)
 
 	r = populate_table(t, param, param_size);
 	if (r) {
-		dm_table_put(t);
+		dm_table_destroy(t);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)
 	hc = dm_get_mdptr(md);
 	if (!hc || hc->md != md) {
 		DMWARN("device has been removed from the dev hash table.");
-		dm_table_put(t);
+		dm_table_destroy(t);
 		up_write(&_hash_lock);
 		r = -ENXIO;
 		goto out;