diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 2eb8d54..cfa7fa1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -641,18 +641,9 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		return status;
 	}
 
-	status = __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode, dev, new_fe_bh,
+	return __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,