2 files changed, 8 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index 7c580c97990e..be7d42c7d938 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -902,9 +902,6 @@ void ufs_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
         invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
         clear_inode(inode);
 
-        if (want_delete) {
-                lock_ufs(inode->i_sb);
-                ufs_free_inode (inode);
-                unlock_ufs(inode->i_sb);
-        }
+        if (want_delete)
+                ufs_free_inode(inode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index 90d74b8f8eba..2df62a73f20c 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ static int ufs_symlink (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
         if (l > sb->s_blocksize)
                 goto out_notlocked;
 
-        lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
         inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
         err = PTR_ERR(inode);
         if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                goto out;
+                goto out_notlocked;
 
+        lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
         if (l > UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_maxsymlinklen) {
                 /* slow symlink */
                 inode->i_op = &ufs_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -181,13 +181,9 @@ static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
         struct inode * inode;
         int err;
 
-        lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-        inode_inc_link_count(dir);
-
         inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFDIR|mode);
-        err = PTR_ERR(inode);
         if (IS_ERR(inode))
-                goto out_dir;
+                return PTR_ERR(inode);
 
         inode->i_op = &ufs_dir_inode_operations;
         inode->i_fop = &ufs_dir_operations;
@@ -195,6 +191,9 @@ static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 
         inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 
+        lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
+        inode_inc_link_count(dir);
+
         err = ufs_make_empty(inode, dir);
         if (err)
                 goto out_fail;
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ out_fail:
         inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         inode_dec_link_count(inode);
         iput (inode);
-out_dir:
         inode_dec_link_count(dir);
         unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
         goto out;