diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index 619dd7f6c053..eb7b76331eb7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -437,8 +437,9 @@ static inline int ocfs2_unlink_credits(struct super_block *sb)
 }
 
 /* dinode + orphan dir dinode + inode alloc dinode + orphan dir entry +
- * inode alloc group descriptor + orphan dir index leaf */
-#define OCFS2_DELETE_INODE_CREDITS (3 * OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 3)
+ * inode alloc group descriptor + orphan dir index root +
+ * orphan dir index leaf */
+#define OCFS2_DELETE_INODE_CREDITS (3 * OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 4)
 
 /* dinode update, old dir dinode update, new dir dinode update, old
  * dir dir entry, new dir dir entry, dir entry update for renaming