diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
index ad7f67b827ea3b568d571685c42dfc50fc721920..0084a33c4c69bba01e8a264bf7a6576ddede3744 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt.c
@@ -1457,13 +1457,13 @@ struct ubifs_lprops *ubifs_lpt_lookup(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 		shft -= UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 		nnode = ubifs_get_nnode(c, nnode, iip);
 		if (IS_ERR(nnode))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(nnode));
+			return ERR_CAST(nnode);
 	}
 	iip = ((i >> shft) & (UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT - 1));
 	shft -= UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 	pnode = ubifs_get_pnode(c, nnode, iip);
 	if (IS_ERR(pnode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(pnode));
+		return ERR_CAST(pnode);
 	iip = (i & (UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT - 1));
 	dbg_lp("LEB %d, free %d, dirty %d, flags %d", lnum,
 	       pnode->lprops[iip].free, pnode->lprops[iip].dirty,
@@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ struct ubifs_lprops *ubifs_lpt_lookup_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	nnode = c->nroot;
 	nnode = dirty_cow_nnode(c, nnode);
 	if (IS_ERR(nnode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(nnode));
+		return ERR_CAST(nnode);
 	i = lnum - c->main_first;
 	shft = c->lpt_hght * UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 	for (h = 1; h < c->lpt_hght; h++) {
@@ -1594,19 +1594,19 @@ struct ubifs_lprops *ubifs_lpt_lookup_dirty(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 		shft -= UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 		nnode = ubifs_get_nnode(c, nnode, iip);
 		if (IS_ERR(nnode))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(nnode));
+			return ERR_CAST(nnode);
 		nnode = dirty_cow_nnode(c, nnode);
 		if (IS_ERR(nnode))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(nnode));
+			return ERR_CAST(nnode);
 	}
 	iip = ((i >> shft) & (UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT - 1));
 	shft -= UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 	pnode = ubifs_get_pnode(c, nnode, iip);
 	if (IS_ERR(pnode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(pnode));
+		return ERR_CAST(pnode);
 	pnode = dirty_cow_pnode(c, pnode);
 	if (IS_ERR(pnode))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(pnode));
+		return ERR_CAST(pnode);
 	iip = (i & (UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT - 1));
 	dbg_lp("LEB %d, free %d, dirty %d, flags %d", lnum,
 	       pnode->lprops[iip].free, pnode->lprops[iip].dirty,
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
index 13cb7a4237bf474fa19a9161edd838c214c07c28..d12535b7fc789dda7c473593aacfc6816afc90be 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static struct ubifs_pnode *pnode_lookup(struct ubifs_info *c, int i)
 		shft -= UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT_SHIFT;
 		nnode = ubifs_get_nnode(c, nnode, iip);
 		if (IS_ERR(nnode))
-			return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(nnode));
+			return ERR_CAST(nnode);
 	}
 	iip = ((i >> shft) & (UBIFS_LPT_FANOUT - 1));
 	return ubifs_get_pnode(c, nnode, iip);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
index 109c6ea03bb5d0cb86982a42d6ef9030e28b3e55..daae9e1f5382142482490798b0c0ba1aed581221 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * This file implements functions needed to recover from unclean un-mounts.
  * When UBIFS is mounted, it checks a flag on the master node to determine if
  * an un-mount was completed successfully. If not, the process of mounting
- * incorparates additional checking and fixing of on-flash data structures.
+ * incorporates additional checking and fixing of on-flash data structures.
  * UBIFS always cleans away all remnants of an unclean un-mount, so that
  * errors do not accumulate. However UBIFS defers recovery if it is mounted
  * read-only, and the flash is not modified in that case.
@@ -1063,8 +1063,21 @@ int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	}
 	err = ubifs_find_dirty_leb(c, &lp, wbuf->offs, 2);
 	if (err) {
-		if (err == -ENOSPC)
-			dbg_err("could not find a dirty LEB");
+		/*
+		 * There are no dirty or empty LEBs subject to here being
+		 * enough for the index. Try to use
+		 * 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()', which will return any empty
+		 * LEBs (ignoring index requirements). If the index then
+		 * doesn't have enough LEBs the recovery commit will fail -
+		 * which is the  same result anyway i.e. recovery fails. So
+		 * there is no problem ignoring index  requirements and just
+		 * grabbing a free LEB since we have already established there
+		 * is not a dirty LEB we could have used instead.
+		 */
+		if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+			dbg_rcvry("could not find a dirty LEB");
+			goto find_free;
+		}
 		return err;
 	}
 	ubifs_assert(!(lp.flags & LPROPS_INDEX));
@@ -1139,8 +1152,8 @@ int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 find_free:
 	/*
 	 * There is no GC head LEB or the free space in the GC head LEB is too
-	 * small. Allocate gc_lnum by calling 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()' so
-	 * GC is not run.
+	 * small, or there are not dirty LEBs. Allocate gc_lnum by calling
+	 * 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()' so GC is not run.
 	 */
 	lnum = ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx(c);
 	if (lnum < 0) {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 4d2f2157dd3fa9a70a680baea10a68fba7a56061..5fc5a0988970d15507ef048a6199c5e0f7219d65 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,8 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 			if (err)
 				goto out_orphans;
 			err = ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(c);
+			if (err)
+				goto out_orphans;
 		} else {
 			err = take_gc_lnum(c);
 			if (err)
@@ -1318,7 +1320,7 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
 			 */
 			err = ubifs_leb_unmap(c, c->gc_lnum);
 			if (err)
-				return err;
+				goto out_orphans;
 		}
 
 		err = dbg_check_lprops(c);