diff --git a/fs/udf/namei.c b/fs/udf/namei.c
index c586026508db..061d049c2620 100644
--- a/fs/udf/namei.c
+++ b/fs/udf/namei.c
@@ -608,8 +608,7 @@ static int udf_add_nondir(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 	fi = udf_add_entry(dir, dentry, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
 	if (unlikely(!fi)) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
-		iput(inode);
+		discard_new_inode(inode);
 		return err;
 	}
 	cfi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
@@ -700,8 +699,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	fi = udf_add_entry(inode, NULL, &fibh, &cfi, &err);
 	if (!fi) {
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
-		iput(inode);
+		discard_new_inode(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	set_nlink(inode, 2);
@@ -719,8 +717,7 @@ static int udf_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	if (!fi) {
 		clear_nlink(inode);
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-		unlock_new_inode(inode);
-		iput(inode);
+		discard_new_inode(inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	cfi.icb.extLength = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
@@ -1047,8 +1044,7 @@ static int udf_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 out_no_entry:
 	up_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
+	discard_new_inode(inode);
 	goto out;
 }