diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index b7a83200f2cc..8e9d2ea4e37e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -3027,8 +3027,10 @@ int ni_rename(struct ntfs_inode *dir_ni, struct 
  err = ni_add_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de);
  if (!err) {
  err = ni_remove_name(dir_ni, ni, de, &de2, &undo);
- if (err && ni_remove_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de, &de2, &undo))
+ if (err && ni_remove_name(new_dir_ni, ni, new_de, &de2, &undo)) {
+ ntfs_err(sb, "ni_rename: failed to clean up after add_name failure");
  *is_bad = true;
+ }
  }
 
  /*