1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 5c866e06e7ab..adae962ee957 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -525,8 +525,12 @@ got:
         if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
                 handle->h_sync = 1;
         if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
-                err = -EINVAL;
-                goto fail_drop;
+                /*
+                 * Likely a bitmap corruption causing inode to be allocated
+                 * twice.
+                 */
+                err = -EIO;
+                goto fail;
         }
         spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
         inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;