1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 485a6aa0ad39..f4967e634ffd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
         }
 
         inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
-        if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
-                status = PTR_ERR(inode);
+        if (!inode) {
+                status = -ENOMEM;
                 mlog(ML_ERROR, "new_inode failed!\n");
                 goto leave;
         }
@@ -491,8 +491,10 @@ leave:
                         brelse(*new_fe_bh);
                         *new_fe_bh = NULL;
                 }
-                if (inode)
+                if (inode) {
+                        clear_nlink(inode);
                         iput(inode);
+                }
         }
 
         mlog_exit(status);