1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
index 35d4d414bcc2..771144932ab4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_utils.c
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ xfs_dir_ialloc(
                         *ipp = NULL;
                         return code;
                 }
+
+                /*
+                 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+                 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+                 */
+                xfs_log_ticket_put(tp->t_ticket);
                 code = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, log_res, 0,
                                          XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES, log_count);
                 /*