diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 82fdda8ff5ab..5cc6529a549f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6579,7 +6579,7 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	u64 index;
 	int err;
-	int drop_inode = 0;
+	int log_mode;
 
 	/* do not allow sys_link's with other subvols of the same device */
 	if (root->root_key.objectid != BTRFS_I(inode)->root->root_key.objectid)
@@ -6610,47 +6610,42 @@ static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	inc_nlink(inode);
 	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
-	ihold(inode);
 	set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_COPY_EVERYTHING, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
 
 	err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, BTRFS_I(dir), dentry, BTRFS_I(inode),
 			1, index);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
 
-	if (err) {
-		drop_inode = 1;
-	} else {
-		struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
-		int ret;
-
-		err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+	if (inode->i_nlink == 1) {
+		/*
+		 * If new hard link count is 1, it's a file created
+		 * with open(2) O_TMPFILE flag.
+		 */
+		err = btrfs_orphan_del(trans, BTRFS_I(inode));
+		if (err)
+			goto fail;
+	}
+	BTRFS_I(inode)->last_link_trans = trans->transid;
+	log_mode = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(inode), NULL,
+				      dentry->d_parent, true, NULL);
+	if (log_mode == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT) {
+		err = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+		trans = NULL;
 		if (err)
 			goto fail;
-		if (inode->i_nlink == 1) {
-			/*
-			 * If new hard link count is 1, it's a file created
-			 * with open(2) O_TMPFILE flag.
-			 */
-			err = btrfs_orphan_del(trans, BTRFS_I(inode));
-			if (err)
-				goto fail;
-		}
-		BTRFS_I(inode)->last_link_trans = trans->transid;
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-		ret = btrfs_log_new_name(trans, BTRFS_I(inode), NULL, parent,
-					 true, NULL);
-		if (ret == BTRFS_NEED_TRANS_COMMIT) {
-			err = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
-			trans = NULL;
-		}
 	}
 
+	ihold(inode);
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 fail:
 	if (trans)
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-	if (drop_inode) {
+	if (err)
 		inode_dec_link_count(inode);
-		iput(inode);
-	}
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(fs_info);
 	return err;
 }