1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index d59bdf7233b5..c6efbab0c801 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -739,11 +739,6 @@ got:
         if (err)
                 goto fail_free_drop;
 
-        err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-        if (err) {
-                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
-                goto fail_free_drop;
-        }
         if (test_opt(sb, EXTENTS)) {
                 /* set extent flag only for diretory, file and normal symlink*/
                 if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
@@ -752,10 +747,16 @@ got:
                         err = ext4_update_incompat_feature(handle, sb,
                                         EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS);
                         if (err)
-                                goto fail;
+                                goto fail_free_drop;
                 }
         }
 
+        err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+        if (err) {
+                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
+                goto fail_free_drop;
+        }
+
         ext4_debug("allocating inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
         goto really_out;
 fail: