diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index a3a9d4b97979d1d4ed0a2eaa6e677344a1f9268b..5fb74e62f535088207ab0ce4611934d7e468e6cd 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ ToDo/Notes:
 	  allowed by NTFS, i.e. 255 Unicode characters, not including the
 	  terminating NULL (which is not stored on disk).
 	- Improve comments on file attribute flags in fs/ntfs/layout.h.
+	- Fix a bug in fs/ntfs/inode.c::ntfs_read_locked_index_inode() where we
+	  forgot to update a temporary variable so loading index inodes which
+	  have an index allocation attribute failed.
 
 2.1.26 - Minor bug fixes and updates.
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index ae341922f423b0f67216b2465f99021ffaac5d5a..5f4b23d213b9f5451bee90fcc44ce8c567ce0086 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@
  * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  */
 
-#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
-#include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/quotaops.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #include "aops.h"
 #include "attrib.h"
+#include "bitmap.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "inode.h"
@@ -1428,7 +1432,6 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_attr_inode(struct inode *base_vi, struct inode *vi)
 			"Run chkdsk.", err, vi->i_ino, ni->type, ni->name_len,
 			base_vi->i_ino);
 	make_bad_inode(vi);
-	make_bad_inode(base_vi);
 	if (err != -ENOMEM)
 		NVolSetErrors(vol);
 	return err;
@@ -1613,6 +1616,7 @@ static int ntfs_read_locked_index_inode(struct inode *base_vi, struct inode *vi)
 					"$INDEX_ALLOCATION attribute.");
 		goto unm_err_out;
 	}
+	a = ctx->attr;
 	if (!a->non_resident) {
 		ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "$INDEX_ALLOCATION attribute is "
 				"resident.");
@@ -2845,11 +2849,8 @@ int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *vi)
 old_bad_out:
 	old_size = -1;
 bad_out:
-	if (err != -ENOMEM && err != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-		make_bad_inode(vi);
-		make_bad_inode(VFS_I(base_ni));
+	if (err != -ENOMEM && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NVolSetErrors(vol);
-	}
 	if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NInoSetTruncateFailed(ni);
 	else if (old_size >= 0)
@@ -2864,11 +2865,8 @@ int ntfs_truncate(struct inode *vi)
 	ntfs_debug("Failed.  Returning error code %i.", err);
 	return err;
 conv_err_out:
-	if (err != -ENOMEM && err != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-		make_bad_inode(vi);
-		make_bad_inode(VFS_I(base_ni));
+	if (err != -ENOMEM && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NVolSetErrors(vol);
-	}
 	if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		NInoSetTruncateFailed(ni);
 	else
@@ -3116,9 +3114,7 @@ int ntfs_write_inode(struct inode *vi, int sync)
 				"retries later.");
 		mark_inode_dirty(vi);
 	} else {
-		ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "Failed (error code %i):  Marking inode "
-				"as bad.  You should run chkdsk.", -err);
-		make_bad_inode(vi);
+		ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "Failed (error %i):  Run chkdsk.", -err);
 		NVolSetErrors(ni->vol);
 	}
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
index 7254391b0e5095e142c559a2dc9360d03b2ecd4d..eb3eb143a32c51cc2cf64085eee4b0350ac873de 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
@@ -651,10 +651,7 @@ int ntfs_sync_mft_mirror(ntfs_volume *vol, const unsigned long mft_no,
  * fs/ntfs/aops.c::mark_ntfs_record_dirty().
  *
  * On success, clean the mft record and return 0.  On error, leave the mft
- * record dirty and return -errno.  The caller should call make_bad_inode() on
- * the base inode to ensure no more access happens to this inode.  We do not do
- * it here as the caller may want to finish writing other extent mft records
- * first to minimize on-disk metadata inconsistencies.
+ * record dirty and return -errno.
  *
  * NOTE:  We always perform synchronous i/o and ignore the @sync parameter.
  * However, if the mft record has a counterpart in the mft mirror and @sync is