diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index cd52282..b977100 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1782,8 +1782,14 @@
 		xfs_trans_ijoin(ntp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL | XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 		xfs_trans_ihold(ntp, ip);
 
-		if (!error)
-			error = xfs_trans_reserve(ntp, 0,
+		if (error)
+			return error;
+		/*
+		 * transaction commit worked ok so we can drop the extra ticket
+		 * reference that we gained in xfs_trans_dup()
+		 */
+		xfs_log_ticket_put(ntp->t_ticket);
+		error = xfs_trans_reserve(ntp, 0,
 					XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
 					XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES,
 					XFS_ITRUNCATE_LOG_COUNT);