diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 1194b1f0f8396c934ab6a382deadab6c0a6c4c2f..f8cde46de9cd77c3047182e94164bdfdac4a317d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ static int ext3_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
 		err = ext3_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_drop_inode;
+			goto err_unlock_inode;
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	}
@@ -1791,10 +1791,9 @@ static int ext3_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return err;
-err_drop_inode:
+err_unlock_inode:
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 1bec5a5c1e45a29e9ead318987ec03d803104c5a..5a0408d7b1147094c3e82b6d11750b33396b7732 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ static int ext4_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 		d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
 		err = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_drop_inode;
+			goto err_unlock_inode;
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	}
@@ -2328,10 +2328,9 @@ static int ext4_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return err;
-err_drop_inode:
+err_unlock_inode:
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }