1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 0673862c8bdd..d8161a77c370 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -310,13 +310,6 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
         /* get our super block */
         osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 
-        if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX)) {
-                mlog(ML_ERROR, "inode %llu has i_nlink of %u\n",
-                     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, dir->i_nlink);
-                status = -EMLINK;
-                goto leave;
-        }
-
         handle = ocfs2_alloc_handle(osb);
         if (handle == NULL) {
                 status = -ENOMEM;
@@ -331,6 +324,11 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod(struct inode *dir,
                 goto leave;
         }
 
+        if (S_ISDIR(mode) && (dir->i_nlink >= OCFS2_LINK_MAX)) {
+                status = -EMLINK;
+                goto leave;
+        }
+
         dirfe = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) parent_fe_bh->b_data;
         if (!dirfe->i_links_count) {
                 /* can't make a file in a deleted directory. */