diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 728d3169e7bd5b32b112bf29852d52c394ef6915..37725ade3c51e38876cc796f30cc2e356b2248c4 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct inode *gfs2_inode_lookup(struct super_block *sb,
 	ip->i_gl->gl_object = NULL;
 	gfs2_glock_put(ip->i_gl);
 fail:
-	iput(inode);
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }