diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 59c92353151a..5550f8afa438 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;
 }