diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5b961eb71cbf..f3c5b278895a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1761,6 +1761,10 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 			goto exit;
 		}
 		filp = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, open_flag);
+		if (IS_ERR(filp))
+			ima_counts_put(&nd.path,
+				       acc_mode & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE |
+						   MAY_EXEC));
 		mnt_drop_write(nd.path.mnt);
 		if (nd.root.mnt)
 			path_put(&nd.root);
@@ -1817,6 +1821,9 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	filp = nameidata_to_filp(&nd, open_flag);
+	if (IS_ERR(filp))
+		ima_counts_put(&nd.path,
+			       acc_mode & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC));
 	/*
 	 * It is now safe to drop the mnt write
 	 * because the filp has had a write taken
diff --git a/include/linux/ima.h b/include/linux/ima.h
index b1b827d091a9..0e3f2a4c25f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ima.h
+++ b/include/linux/ima.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern int ima_path_check(struct path *path, int mask, int update_counts);
 extern void ima_file_free(struct file *file);
 extern int ima_file_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long prot);
 extern void ima_counts_get(struct file *file);
+extern void ima_counts_put(struct path *path, int mask);
 
 #else
 static inline int ima_bprm_check(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
@@ -60,5 +61,10 @@ static inline void ima_counts_get(struct file *file)
 {
 	return;
 }
+
+static inline void ima_counts_put(struct path *path, int mask)
+{
+	return;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_IMA_H */
 #endif /* _LINUX_IMA_H */
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index e35ba2c3a8d7..c5e68adc6732 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/ipc_namespace.h>
+#include <linux/ima.h>
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include "util.h"
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(mq_open, const char __user *, u_name, int, oflag, mode_t, mode,
 		error = PTR_ERR(filp);
 		goto out_putfd;
 	}
+	ima_counts_get(filp);
 
 	fd_install(fd, filp);
 	goto out_upsem;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 6f611874d10e..101c512564ec 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -238,7 +238,34 @@ static int process_measurement(struct file *file, const unsigned char *filename,
 }
 
 /*
- * ima_opens_get - increment file counts
+ * ima_counts_put - decrement file counts
+ *
+ * File counts are incremented in ima_path_check. On file open
+ * error, such as ETXTBSY, decrement the counts to prevent
+ * unnecessary imbalance messages.
+ */
+void ima_counts_put(struct path *path, int mask)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
+	struct ima_iint_cache *iint;
+
+	if (!ima_initialized || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return;
+	iint = ima_iint_find_insert_get(inode);
+	if (!iint)
+		return;
+
+	mutex_lock(&iint->mutex);
+	iint->opencount--;
+	if ((mask & MAY_WRITE) || (mask == 0))
+		iint->writecount--;
+	else if (mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_EXEC))
+		iint->readcount--;
+	mutex_unlock(&iint->mutex);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ima_counts_get - increment file counts
  *
  * - for IPC shm and shmat file.
  * - for nfsd exported files.
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
index 7ec94314ac0c..a0880e9c8e05 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_queue.c
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ int ima_add_template_entry(struct ima_template_entry *entry, int violation,
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ima_extend_list_mutex);
-	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_PCR, inode, entry->template_name,
+	integrity_audit_msg(AUDIT_INTEGRITY_PCR, inode,
+			    entry->template.file_name,
 			    op, audit_cause, result, audit_info);
 	return result;
 }