1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 00beb4f..8fb6844 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -885,8 +885,12 @@ got:
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_drop;
+		/*
+		 * Likely a bitmap corruption causing inode to be allocated
+		 * twice.
+		 */
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;