diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 7bdda635ca80..0e0f844dcf7f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -201,8 +201,10 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_get_init_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 	mode = mode_strip_sgid(dir, mode);
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	status = dquot_initialize(inode);
-	if (status)
+	if (status) {
+		iput(inode);
 		return ERR_PTR(status);
+	}
 
 	return inode;
 }