diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index e491a93..1f5223c 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@
 	if (l > sb->s_blocksize)
 		goto out_notlocked;
 
+	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		goto out_notlocked;
+		goto out;
 
-	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	if (l > UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_maxsymlinklen) {
 		/* slow symlink */
 		inode->i_op = &ufs_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@
 	struct inode * inode;
 	int err;
 
+	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
+	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
+
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFDIR|mode);
+	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return PTR_ERR(inode);
+		goto out_dir;
 
 	inode->i_op = &ufs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ufs_dir_operations;
@@ -194,9 +198,6 @@
 
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 
-	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
-
 	err = ufs_make_empty(inode, dir);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fail;
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput (inode);
+out_dir:
 	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 	unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	goto out;