diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index b563351753f1..b4a5cdf9dbc5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&orphan_insert);
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&lookup);
 
-	if (status)
+	if (status && (status != -ENOTEMPTY))
 		mlog_errno(status);
 
 	return status;