diff --git a/fs/fscache/netfs.c b/fs/fscache/netfs.c
index 6d941f56faf436398f0d20c146ad9b7dc77d0b61..458cc968d9a05d20f90b253e662d6d56f3f74926 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/netfs.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/netfs.c
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ int __fscache_register_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs)
 	netfs->primary_index->netfs_data	= netfs;
 	netfs->primary_index->flags		= 1 << FSCACHE_COOKIE_ENABLED;
 
-	atomic_inc(&netfs->primary_index->parent->usage);
-	atomic_inc(&netfs->primary_index->parent->n_children);
-
 	spin_lock_init(&netfs->primary_index->lock);
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&netfs->primary_index->backing_objects);
 
@@ -62,6 +59,9 @@ int __fscache_register_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs)
 			goto already_registered;
 	}
 
+	atomic_inc(&netfs->primary_index->parent->usage);
+	atomic_inc(&netfs->primary_index->parent->n_children);
+
 	list_add(&netfs->link, &fscache_netfs_list);
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ int __fscache_register_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs)
 	up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		netfs->primary_index->parent = NULL;
-		__fscache_cookie_put(netfs->primary_index);
+		kmem_cache_free(fscache_cookie_jar, netfs->primary_index);
 		netfs->primary_index = NULL;
 	}