1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 7193cea805ff..87a8a6e613ba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3084,6 +3084,10 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         retval = -ENOTEMPTY;
                         if (!empty_dir(new.inode))
                                 goto end_rename;
+                } else {
+                        retval = -EMLINK;
+                        if (new.dir != old.dir && EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(new.dir))
+                                goto end_rename;
                 }
                 retval = -EIO;
                 old.dir_bh = ext4_get_first_dir_block(handle, old.inode,
@@ -3093,10 +3097,6 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                         goto end_rename;
                 if (le32_to_cpu(old.parent_de->inode) != old.dir->i_ino)
                         goto end_rename;
-                retval = -EMLINK;
-                if (!new.inode && new.dir != old.dir &&
-                    EXT4_DIR_LINK_MAX(new.dir))
-                        goto end_rename;
                 BUFFER_TRACE(old.dir_bh, "get_write_access");
                 retval = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, old.dir_bh);
                 if (retval)