diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index a13948f..608d21f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2013,6 +2013,13 @@
 	err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unlock;
+	/*
+	 * Due to previous errors inode may be already a part of on-disk
+	 * orphan list. If so skip on-disk list modification.
+	 */
+	if (NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) && NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) <=
+		(le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count)))
+			goto mem_insert;
 
 	/* Insert this inode at the head of the on-disk orphan list... */
 	NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) = le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_last_orphan);
@@ -2030,6 +2037,7 @@
 	 *
 	 * This is safe: on error we're going to ignore the orphan list
 	 * anyway on the next recovery. */
+mem_insert:
 	if (!err)
 		list_add(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan, &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_orphan);