diff --git a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
index 37ee061d899e81a8eb45f5bc64382634e573c108..738b3888adc639bf859e182bd9740457fed8cc70 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/rgrp.c
@@ -557,22 +557,20 @@ void gfs2_free_clones(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
  */
 int gfs2_rs_alloc(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
 {
-	struct gfs2_blkreserv *res;
+	int error = 0;
 
+	down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
 	if (ip->i_res)
-		return 0;
-
-	res = kmem_cache_zalloc(gfs2_rsrv_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!res)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 
-	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&res->rs_node);
+	ip->i_res = kmem_cache_zalloc(gfs2_rsrv_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!ip->i_res) {
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	down_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
-	if (ip->i_res)
-		kmem_cache_free(gfs2_rsrv_cachep, res);
-	else
-		ip->i_res = res;
+	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&ip->i_res->rs_node);
+out:
 	up_write(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }