diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index cf92b2433f7a..e6b59cb87769 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,8 @@ indx_insert_into_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
+		if (err == -ENOMEM || err == -EINVAL)
+			goto out;
 		/*
 		 * Undo critical operations.
 		 */