diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 04ee1b57c243f01a54e59f4405e282e7c633d575..b563351753f1963932b943ff961472af453be2af 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ static int ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file(struct inode *dir,
 
 	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,