diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index 7d604480557afb80a77dc7b4a106a5c9f9b6a43a..b574431a031d5cd9721de53c46a80825f752bb9d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -290,6 +290,21 @@ int ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(struct dentry *dentry,
 	else
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
+	/*
+	 * In case of error, manually free the allocation and do the iput().
+	 * We need to do this because error here means no d_instantiate(),
+	 * which means iput() will not be called during dput(dentry).
+	 */
+	if (ret < 0 && !alias) {
+		ocfs2_lock_res_free(&dl->dl_lockres);
+		BUG_ON(dl->dl_count != 1);
+		spin_lock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+		dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
+		spin_unlock(&dentry_attach_lock);
+		kfree(dl);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
+
 	dput(alias);
 
 	return ret;