3 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index db69c1206f13..c6c684b44ea1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ error_return:
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	release_blocks(sb, freed);
 	dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 069620b30d4d..e8af26dd6715 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ static int ext2_alloc_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 failed_out:
 	for (i = 0; i <index; i++)
 		ext2_free_blocks(inode, new_blocks[i], 1);
+	if (index)
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -993,8 +995,8 @@ static inline void ext2_free_data(struct inode *inode, __le32 *p, __le32 *q)
 			else if (block_to_free == nr - count)
 				count++;
 			else {
-				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 				ext2_free_blocks (inode, block_to_free, count);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			free_this:
 				block_to_free = nr;
 				count = 1;
@@ -1002,8 +1004,8 @@ static inline void ext2_free_data(struct inode *inode, __le32 *p, __le32 *q)
 		}
 	}
 	if (count > 0) {
-		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		ext2_free_blocks (inode, block_to_free, count);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 0fa24e814d8a..25ff041058a7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
 			new_bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
 			if (!new_bh) {
 				ext2_free_blocks(inode, block, 1);
+				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 				error = -EIO;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
@@ -729,6 +730,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
 				mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 			ea_bdebug(old_bh, "freeing");
 			ext2_free_blocks(inode, old_bh->b_blocknr, 1);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			/* We let our caller release old_bh, so we
 			 * need to duplicate the buffer before. */
 			get_bh(old_bh);
@@ -789,6 +791,7 @@ ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		if (ce)
 			mb_cache_entry_free(ce);
 		ext2_free_blocks(inode, EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl, 1);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bforget(bh);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);