diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d0af3eb0c750..81a08aa048bd 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d4cd1871cff68e188dadcf6d1280762522b643eb
+refs/heads/master: ab41fdc8fdd9f0942430941c1e2b516fd481371d
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index ae315c9c768f..b66e48855825 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1811,6 +1811,7 @@ static int ocfs2_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 	if (xattr_ac)
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(xattr_ac);
 	if ((status < 0) && inode) {
+		OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_flags |= OCFS2_INODE_SKIP_ORPHAN_DIR;
 		clear_nlink(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 	}