diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 1e6f3ea28713..6981bd014ede 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -604,12 +604,14 @@ struct inode *ext3_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode * dir, int mode)
 	err = ext3_init_acl(handle, inode, dir);
 	if (err) {
 		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
+		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 		goto fail2;
   	}
 	err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		ext3_std_error(sb, err);
 		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
+		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 		goto fail2;
 	}