1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 7d604480557a..b574431a031d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -290,6 +290,21 @@ out_attach:
         else
                 mlog_errno(ret);
 
+        /*
+         * In case of error, manually free the allocation and do the iput().
+         * We need to do this because error here means no d_instantiate(),
+         * which means iput() will not be called during dput(dentry).
+         */
+        if (ret < 0 && !alias) {
+                ocfs2_lock_res_free(&dl->dl_lockres);
+                BUG_ON(dl->dl_count != 1);
+                spin_lock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+                dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
+                spin_unlock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+                kfree(dl);
+                iput(inode);
+        }
+
         dput(alias);
 
         return ret;