diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index 2469f72eeaab..2df56bbc6865 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -267,18 +267,11 @@ static struct ubifs_znode *dirty_cow_znode(struct ubifs_info *c,
 	if (zbr->len) {
 		err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs);
 		if (unlikely(err))
-			/*
-			 * Obsolete znodes will be freed by tnc_destroy_cnext()
-			 * or free_obsolete_znodes(), copied up znodes should
-			 * be added back to tnc and freed by
-			 * ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree().
-			 */
-			goto out;
+			return ERR_PTR(err);
 		err = add_idx_dirt(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->len);
 	} else
 		err = 0;
 
-out:
 	zbr->znode = zn;
 	zbr->lnum = 0;
 	zbr->offs = 0;