diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 901bad1..af2c052 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -120,12 +120,11 @@
  * These are initializations that need to be done on every inode
  * allocation as the fields are not initialised by slab allocation.
  */
-struct inode *inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
+int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	static const struct address_space_operations empty_aops;
 	static struct inode_operations empty_iops;
 	static const struct file_operations empty_fops;
-
 	struct address_space *const mapping = &inode->i_data;
 
 	inode->i_sb = sb;
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@
 	inode->dirtied_when = 0;
 
 	if (security_inode_alloc(inode))
-		goto out_free_inode;
+		goto out;
 
 	/* allocate and initialize an i_integrity */
 	if (ima_inode_alloc(inode))
@@ -198,16 +197,12 @@
 	inode->i_fsnotify_mask = 0;
 #endif
 
-	return inode;
+	return 0;
 
 out_free_security:
 	security_inode_free(inode);
-out_free_inode:
-	if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
-		inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
-	else
-		kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, (inode));
-	return NULL;
+out:
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_init_always);
 
@@ -220,9 +215,18 @@
 	else
 		inode = kmem_cache_alloc(inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (inode)
-		return inode_init_always(sb, inode);
-	return NULL;
+	if (!inode)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (unlikely(inode_init_always(sb, inode))) {
+		if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
+			inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
+		else
+			kmem_cache_free(inode_cachep, inode);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return inode;
 }
 
 void destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 5fcec6f..719c85b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
 	ip = kmem_zone_alloc(xfs_inode_zone, KM_SLEEP);
 	if (!ip)
 		return NULL;
+	if (inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
+		kmem_zone_free(xfs_inode_zone, ip);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_iocount) == 0);
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
@@ -105,17 +109,6 @@
 #ifdef XFS_DIR2_TRACE
 	ip->i_dir_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_DIR2_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
-	/*
-	* Now initialise the VFS inode. We do this after the xfs_inode
-	* initialisation as internal failures will result in ->destroy_inode
-	* being called and that will pass down through the reclaim path and
-	* free the XFS inode. This path requires the XFS inode to already be
-	* initialised. Hence if this call fails, the xfs_inode has already
-	* been freed and we should not reference it at all in the error
-	* handling.
-	*/
-	if (!inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip)))
-		return NULL;
 
 	/* prevent anyone from using this yet */
 	VFS_I(ip)->i_state = I_NEW|I_LOCK;
@@ -167,7 +160,7 @@
 		 * errors cleanly, then tag it so it can be set up correctly
 		 * later.
 		 */
-		if (!inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
+		if (inode_init_always(mp->m_super, VFS_I(ip))) {
 			error = ENOMEM;
 			goto out_error;
 		}