1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/logfs/dir.c b/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 72d1893ddd36..675cc49197fe 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -434,8 +434,11 @@ static int __logfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
         int ret;
 
         ta = kzalloc(sizeof(*ta), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (!ta)
+        if (!ta) {
+                inode->i_nlink--;
+                iput(inode);
                 return -ENOMEM;
+        }
 
         ta->state = CREATE_1;
         ta->ino = inode->i_ino;