1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 4e5149461435..de25e4255aeb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ static noinline int create_subvol(struct btrfs_root *root,
         btrfs_record_root_in_trans(trans, new_root);
 
         ret = btrfs_create_subvol_root(trans, new_root, new_dirid);
+        if (ret) {
+                /* We potentially lose an unused inode item here */
+                goto fail;
+        }
+
         /*
          * insert the directory item
          */