diff --git a/fs/squashfs/super.c b/fs/squashfs/super.c
index 3550aec2f655ccb1a9a8a04dae5a9bb2df4fdc52..07ceeb8d8f539024447a224c76a6a87cc891e6bb 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/super.c
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ static int squashfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	err = squashfs_read_inode(root, root_inode);
 	if (err) {
-		iget_failed(root);
+		make_bad_inode(root);
+		iput(root);
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 	insert_inode_hash(root);