diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index cf92b2433f7a..92448d922aec 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1909,6 +1909,10 @@ indx_insert_into_buffer(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 		 * Undo critical operations.
 		 */
 		indx_mark_free(indx, ni, new_vbn >> indx->idx2vbn_bits);
+		printk("h1: %s\n", (char *)hdr1);
+		printk("h1s: %s\n", (char *)hdr1_saved);
+		if (!level && err == -ENOMEM)
+			goto out;
 		memcpy(hdr1, hdr1_saved, used1);
 		indx_write(indx, ni, n1, 0);
 	}