diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index 84750c8e9f95..08db82e1343a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -196,10 +196,7 @@ struct inode *afs_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct key *key,
 
 	/* failure */
 bad_inode:
-	make_bad_inode(inode);
-	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
-
+	iget_failed(inode);
 	_leave(" = %d [bad]", ret);
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }