return status;
 }
 
-static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
-                             struct inode *dir,
-                             struct inode *inode,
-                             dev_t dev,
-                             struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
-                             struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
-                             handle_t *handle,
-                             struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac)
+static int __ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct inode *dir,
+                               struct inode *inode,
+                               dev_t dev,
+                               struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
+                               struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
+                               handle_t *handle,
+                               struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac,
+                               u64 fe_blkno, u64 suballoc_loc, u16 suballoc_bit)
 {
        int status = 0;
+       struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
        struct ocfs2_dinode *fe = NULL;
        struct ocfs2_extent_list *fel;
-       u64 suballoc_loc, fe_blkno = 0;
-       u16 suballoc_bit;
        u16 feat;
 
        *new_fe_bh = NULL;
 
-       status = ocfs2_claim_new_inode(handle, dir, parent_fe_bh,
-                                      inode_ac, &suballoc_loc,
-                                      &suballoc_bit, &fe_blkno);
-       if (status < 0) {
-               mlog_errno(status);
-               goto leave;
-       }
-
        /* populate as many fields early on as possible - many of
         * these are used by the support functions here and in
         * callers. */
        return status;
 }
 
+static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
+                             struct inode *dir,
+                             struct inode *inode,
+                             dev_t dev,
+                             struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
+                             struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
+                             handle_t *handle,
+                             struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac)
+{
+       int status = 0;
+       u64 suballoc_loc, fe_blkno = 0;
+       u16 suballoc_bit;
+
+       *new_fe_bh = NULL;
+
+       status = ocfs2_claim_new_inode(handle, dir, parent_fe_bh,
+                                      inode_ac, &suballoc_loc,
+                                      &suballoc_bit, &fe_blkno);
+       if (status < 0) {
+               mlog_errno(status);
+               return status;
+       }
+
+       return __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode, dev, new_fe_bh,
+                                   parent_fe_bh, handle, inode_ac,
+                                   fe_blkno, suballoc_loc, suballoc_bit);
+}
+
 static int ocfs2_mkdir(struct inode *dir,
                       struct dentry *dentry,
                       int mode)