diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 57b27012d43a24f4ba60cbe682c4b33fa63723c9..939dd1ff34a7b93dbc08bf00f951786f6bd61a2a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2969,6 +2969,7 @@ int btrfs_orphan_add(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct inode *inode)
 	if (insert >= 1) {
 		ret = btrfs_insert_orphan_item(trans, root, btrfs_ino(inode));
 		if (ret) {
+			atomic_dec(&root->orphan_inodes);
 			if (reserve) {
 				clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_ORPHAN_META_RESERVED,
 					  &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
@@ -3018,14 +3019,16 @@ static int btrfs_orphan_del(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		release_rsv = 1;
 	spin_unlock(&root->orphan_lock);
 
-	if (trans && delete_item)
-		ret = btrfs_del_orphan_item(trans, root, btrfs_ino(inode));
-
-	if (release_rsv) {
-		btrfs_orphan_release_metadata(inode);
+	if (delete_item) {
 		atomic_dec(&root->orphan_inodes);
+		if (trans)
+			ret = btrfs_del_orphan_item(trans, root,
+						    btrfs_ino(inode));
 	}
 
+	if (release_rsv)
+		btrfs_orphan_release_metadata(inode);
+
 	return ret;
 }