diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
index 188b8cc52e2b..33c4a97519de 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
@@ -708,6 +708,33 @@ static void nilfs_finish_roll_forward(struct the_nilfs *nilfs,
 	brelse(bh);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nilfs_abort_roll_forward - cleaning up after a failed rollforward recovery
+ * @nilfs: nilfs object
+ */
+static void nilfs_abort_roll_forward(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
+{
+	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii, *n;
+	LIST_HEAD(head);
+
+	/* Abandon inodes that have read recovery data */
+	spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
+	list_splice_init(&nilfs->ns_dirty_files, &head);
+	spin_unlock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&head))
+		return;
+
+	set_nilfs_purging(nilfs);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ii, n, &head, i_dirty) {
+		spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
+		list_del_init(&ii->i_dirty);
+		spin_unlock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
+
+		iput(&ii->vfs_inode);
+	}
+	clear_nilfs_purging(nilfs);
+}
+
 /**
  * nilfs_salvage_orphan_logs - salvage logs written after the latest checkpoint
  * @nilfs: nilfs object
@@ -766,15 +793,19 @@ int nilfs_salvage_orphan_logs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs,
 		if (unlikely(err)) {
 			nilfs_err(sb, "error %d writing segment for recovery",
 				  err);
-			goto failed;
+			goto put_root;
 		}
 
 		nilfs_finish_roll_forward(nilfs, ri);
 	}
 
- failed:
+put_root:
 	nilfs_put_root(root);
 	return err;
+
+failed:
+	nilfs_abort_roll_forward(nilfs);
+	goto put_root;
 }
 
 /**