--- linux-2.4.19.old/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2002-10-15 14:18:59.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.19.new/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2002-10-15 14:16:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -510,7 +510,9 @@
 	inode->i_generation = sb->u.ext3_sb.s_next_generation++;
 
 	inode->u.ext3_i.i_state = EXT3_STATE_NEW;
-
+	err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+	if (err) goto fail;
+	
 	unlock_super (sb);
 	if(DQUOT_ALLOC_INODE(inode)) {
 		DQUOT_DROP(inode);
@@ -522,12 +524,6 @@
 		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
 		goto fail2;
 	}
-	err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-	if (err) {
-		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
-		goto fail2;
-	}
-
 	ext3_debug ("allocating inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 	return inode;
 
diff -Nur --exclude='*.orig' linux-2.4.19.old/fs/ext2/ialloc.c linux-2.4.19.new/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
--- linux-2.4.19.old/fs/ext2/ialloc.c	2002-10-15 15:32:24.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.19.new/fs/ext2/ialloc.c	2002-10-15 15:32:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -410,7 +410,6 @@
 		DQUOT_FREE_INODE(inode);
 		goto fail3;
 	}
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 	ext2_debug ("allocating inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 	return inode;