diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 490bd0e..5655fbc 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -579,7 +579,10 @@
 	ext3_set_inode_flags(inode);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
-	insert_inode_hash(inode);
+	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail_drop;
+	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
@@ -627,6 +630,7 @@
 	DQUOT_DROP(inode);
 	inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	inode->i_nlink = 0;
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 3e5edc9..297ea8d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -1652,9 +1652,11 @@
 	if (!err) {
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	drop_nlink(inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1765,6 +1767,7 @@
 	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
 	if (!dir_block) {
 		drop_nlink(inode); /* is this nlink == 0? */
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -1792,6 +1795,7 @@
 	err = ext3_add_entry (handle, dentry, inode);
 	if (err) {
 		inode->i_nlink = 0;
+		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		iput (inode);
 		goto out_stop;
@@ -1800,6 +1804,7 @@
 	ext3_update_dx_flag(dir);
 	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 out_stop:
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -2174,6 +2179,7 @@
 				mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
 		if (err) {
 			drop_nlink(inode);
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
 			ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 			iput (inode);
 			goto out_stop;
@@ -2221,7 +2227,14 @@
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
-	err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+	err = ext3_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
+	if (!err) {
+		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+	} else {
+		drop_nlink(inode);
+		iput(inode);
+	}
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext3_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;