1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a9347fb43bcc..fffd0807a01b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1804,12 +1804,8 @@ retry:
         inode->i_fop = &ext4_dir_operations;
         inode->i_size = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
         dir_block = ext4_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
-        if (!dir_block) {
-                ext4_dec_count(handle, inode); /* is this nlink == 0? */
-                ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-                iput (inode);
-                goto out_stop;
-        }
+        if (!dir_block)
+                goto out_clear_inode;
         BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
         ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
         de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) dir_block->b_data;
@@ -1832,7 +1828,8 @@ retry:
         ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
         err = ext4_add_entry (handle, dentry, inode);
         if (err) {
-                inode->i_nlink = 0;
+out_clear_inode:
+                clear_nlink(inode);
                 ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                 iput (inode);
                 goto out_stop;