inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode) {
                jfs_warn("ialloc: new_inode returned NULL!");
-               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto fail;
        }
 
        jfs_inode = JFS_IP(inode);
                jfs_warn("ialloc: diAlloc returned %d!", rc);
                if (rc == -EIO)
                        make_bad_inode(inode);
-               iput(inode);
-               return ERR_PTR(rc);
+               goto fail_put;
+       }
+
+       if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
+               rc = -EINVAL;
+               goto fail_unlock;
        }
 
        inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
         * Allocate inode to quota.
         */
        if (DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
-               DQUOT_DROP(inode);
-               inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
-               inode->i_nlink = 0;
-               iput(inode);
-               return ERR_PTR(-EDQUOT);
+               rc = -EDQUOT;
+               goto fail_drop;
        }
 
        inode->i_mode = mode;
        jfs_info("ialloc returns inode = 0x%p\n", inode);
 
        return inode;
+
+fail_drop:
+       DQUOT_DROP(inode);
+       inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
+fail_unlock:
+       inode->i_nlink = 0;
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+fail_put:
+       iput(inode);
+fail:
+       return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
        ip->i_fop = &jfs_file_operations;
        ip->i_mapping->a_ops = &jfs_aops;
 
-       insert_inode_hash(ip);
        mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
        dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
        if (rc) {
                free_ea_wmap(ip);
                ip->i_nlink = 0;
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
                iput(ip);
-       } else
+       } else {
                d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
+       }
 
       out2:
        free_UCSname(&dname);
        ip->i_op = &jfs_dir_inode_operations;
        ip->i_fop = &jfs_dir_operations;
 
-       insert_inode_hash(ip);
        mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
        /* update parent directory inode */
        if (rc) {
                free_ea_wmap(ip);
                ip->i_nlink = 0;
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
                iput(ip);
-       } else
+       } else {
                d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
+       }
 
       out2:
        free_UCSname(&dname);
                goto out3;
        }
 
-       insert_inode_hash(ip);
        mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
        dip->i_ctime = dip->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
        if (rc) {
                free_ea_wmap(ip);
                ip->i_nlink = 0;
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
                iput(ip);
-       } else
+       } else {
                d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
+       }
 
       out2:
        free_UCSname(&dname);
        jfs_ip->dev = new_encode_dev(rdev);
        init_special_inode(ip, ip->i_mode, rdev);
 
-       insert_inode_hash(ip);
        mark_inode_dirty(ip);
 
        dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME;
        if (rc) {
                free_ea_wmap(ip);
                ip->i_nlink = 0;
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
                iput(ip);
-       } else
+       } else {
                d_instantiate(dentry, ip);
+               unlock_new_inode(ip);
+       }
 
       out1:
        free_UCSname(&dname);