diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 1fa86b9df73b4c885190b6b3bbf95291b7630d4e..bee60c04109a29b61d9cf4baffece2d18f7f75c3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -400,9 +400,10 @@ int nilfs_attach_checkpoint(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, __u64 cno)
 	list_add(&sbi->s_list, &nilfs->ns_supers);
 	up_write(&nilfs->ns_super_sem);
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	sbi->s_ifile = nilfs_ifile_new(sbi, nilfs->ns_inode_size);
 	if (!sbi->s_ifile)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto delist;
 
 	down_read(&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem);
 	err = nilfs_cpfile_get_checkpoint(nilfs->ns_cpfile, cno, 0, &raw_cp,
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ int nilfs_attach_checkpoint(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, __u64 cno)
 	nilfs_mdt_destroy(sbi->s_ifile);
 	sbi->s_ifile = NULL;
 
+ delist:
 	down_write(&nilfs->ns_super_sem);
 	list_del_init(&sbi->s_list);
 	up_write(&nilfs->ns_super_sem);