diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
index 2ca22001a534..64db5e86672f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/namei.c
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ struct inode *ll_iget(struct super_block *sb, ino_t hash,
 				rc = cl_file_inode_init(inode, md);
 			}
 			if (rc != 0) {
-				make_bad_inode(inode);
-				unlock_new_inode(inode);
-				iput(inode);
+				iget_failed(inode);
 				inode = ERR_PTR(rc);
 			} else
 				unlock_new_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index e2e47ba5d313..92c5dae576b1 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -282,9 +282,7 @@ ecryptfs_create(struct inode *directory_inode, struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry,
 	if (rc) {
 		ecryptfs_do_unlink(directory_inode, ecryptfs_dentry,
 				   ecryptfs_inode);
-		make_bad_inode(ecryptfs_inode);
-		unlock_new_inode(ecryptfs_inode);
-		iput(ecryptfs_inode);
+		iget_failed(ecryptfs_inode);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	unlock_new_inode(ecryptfs_inode);