1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8de23355f6cf..8a036ed234ad 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6255,8 +6255,10 @@ static int btrfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 
 out_fail:
         btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-        if (drop_on_err)
+        if (drop_on_err) {
+                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                 iput(inode);
+        }
         btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
         btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
         return err;