1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 0600265cb9b0..3bd0ff63bf30 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6589,6 +6589,12 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
                 ret = btrfs_orphan_del(trans, inode);
                 if (ret)
                         err = ret;
+        } else if (ret && inode->i_nlink > 0) {
+                /*
+                 * Failed to do the truncate, remove us from the in memory
+                 * orphan list.
+                 */
+                ret = btrfs_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
         }
 
         ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);