{
        struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
        int error, rc = 0;
+       int orphan = 0;
        const unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid;
 
        error = inode_change_ok(inode, attr);
                        error = PTR_ERR(handle);
                        goto err_out;
                }
-
-               error = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+               if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
+                       error = ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
+                       orphan = 1;
+               }
                EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = attr->ia_size;
                rc = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                if (!error)
                                        goto err_out;
                                }
                                ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
+                               orphan = 0;
                                ext4_journal_stop(handle);
                                goto err_out;
                        }
         * If the call to ext4_truncate failed to get a transaction handle at
         * all, we need to clean up the in-core orphan list manually.
         */
-       if (inode->i_nlink)
+       if (orphan && inode->i_nlink)
                ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 
        if (!rc && (ia_valid & ATTR_MODE))