diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 490bd0e..5655fbc 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -579,7 +579,10 @@
 	ext3_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_drop;
+	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
@@ -627,6 +630,7 @@
 	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);