int err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dir, inode,
                                 dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len,
                                 backref, index);
-       if (!err) {
-               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-               return 0;
-       }
        if (err > 0)
                err = -EEXIST;
        return err;
        else {
                init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
                btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        }
 out_unlock:
        nr = trans->blocks_used;
                inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
                inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
                BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        }
 out_unlock:
        nr = trans->blocks_used;
                struct dentry *parent = dentry->d_parent;
                err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
                BUG_ON(err);
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
                btrfs_log_new_name(trans, inode, NULL, parent);
        }
 
                drop_inode = 1;
 
 out_unlock:
+       if (!err)
+               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        nr = trans->blocks_used;
        btrfs_end_transaction_throttle(trans, root);
        if (drop_inode) {