diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 6484199b35d1ec1bb63879593e5bb20f0af2bb77..5c3d7b7e49755ccbe22f65b607e8197d854df091 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -611,8 +611,7 @@ struct inode *ext2_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	clear_nlink(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	discard_new_inode(inode);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 
 fail:
diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index 152453a9187763a7173c2d1c41f33714c5287db9..0c26dcc5d85014d57c6f73d153af9314c69e9ca9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ static inline int ext2_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	discard_new_inode(inode);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -192,8 +191,7 @@ static int ext2_symlink (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 
 out_fail:
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput (inode);
+	discard_new_inode(inode);
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -261,8 +259,7 @@ static int ext2_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 out_fail:
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	discard_new_inode(inode);
 out_dir:
 	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 	goto out;