diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 21b3d5b9be6030e9f0037b50d5f0e52b953f0fb1..4e6d8a3f727df2dde1b7e790f9abe3643c8d1f32 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_get_init_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	mode = mode_strip_sgid(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, mode);
 	inode_init_owner(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, dir, mode);
 	status = dquot_initialize(inode);
-	if (status)
+	if (status) {
+		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(status);
+	}
 
 	return inode;
 }