diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 05ac531e6257..61ba9e83aa84 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0e4f6a791b1e8cfde75a74e2f885642ecb3fe9d8
+refs/heads/master: 256249584bda1a9357e2d29987a37f5b2df035f6
diff --git a/trunk/fs/logfs/dir.c b/trunk/fs/logfs/dir.c
index 72d1893ddd36..675cc49197fe 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/logfs/dir.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/logfs/dir.c
@@ -434,8 +434,11 @@ static int __logfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int ret;
 
 	ta = kzalloc(sizeof(*ta), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ta)
+	if (!ta) {
+		inode->i_nlink--;
+		iput(inode);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	ta->state = CREATE_1;
 	ta->ino = inode->i_ino;