diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 1206392..3b48ac2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -655,9 +655,18 @@
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	return __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode, dev, new_fe_bh,
+	status = __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode, dev, new_fe_bh,
 				    parent_fe_bh, handle, inode_ac,
 				    fe_blkno, suballoc_loc, suballoc_bit);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		u64 bg_blkno = ocfs2_which_suballoc_group(fe_blkno, suballoc_bit);
+		int tmp = ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle, inode_ac->ac_inode,
+				inode_ac->ac_bh, suballoc_bit, bg_blkno, 1);
+		if (tmp)
+			mlog_errno(tmp);
+	}
+
+	return status;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_mkdir(struct inode *dir,