1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index edb7edc99f71..427f4690ad6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3438,6 +3438,9 @@ retry:
                          * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
                          * the write failed... */
                         ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+                        if (inode->i_nlink)
+                                ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
+
                         goto out;
                 }
                 if (inode->i_nlink)