1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index ddf5c21cffbc..77042a2e017c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1883,6 +1883,8 @@ retry:
                          * and pretend the write failed... */
                         ext3_truncate_failed_direct_write(inode);
                         ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+                        if (inode->i_nlink)
+                                ext3_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
                         goto out;
                 }
                 if (inode->i_nlink)