diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index 7454bd3ea02d..5ba83eb0fc07 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ int attr_collapse_range(struct ntfs_inode *ni, u64 vbo, u64 bytes)
 out:
 	up_write(&ni->file.run_lock);
 	if (err)
-		make_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2092,10 +2092,8 @@ int attr_punch_hole(struct ntfs_inode *ni, u64 vbo, u64 bytes, u32 *frame_size)
 
 out:
 	up_write(&ni->file.run_lock);
-	if (err) {
-		ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
-		make_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
-	}
+	if (err)
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2282,7 +2280,7 @@ int attr_insert_range(struct ntfs_inode *ni, u64 vbo, u64 bytes)
 
 	up_write(&ni->file.run_lock);
 	if (err)
-		make_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(&ni->vfs_inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index bc48923693a9..bdc568053fae 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -2328,10 +2328,8 @@ int ni_decompress_file(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
 
 out:
 	kfree(pages);
-	if (err) {
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
-		ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
-	}
+	if (err)
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
index af1dca273b59..3f9903baa53f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
@@ -877,6 +877,20 @@ void ntfs_update_mftmirr(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, int wait)
 	sbi->flags &= ~NTFS_FLAGS_MFTMIRR;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ntfs_bad_inode
+ *
+ * Marks inode as bad and marks fs as 'dirty'
+ */
+void ntfs_bad_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *hint)
+{
+	struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
+
+	ntfs_inode_err(inode, "%s", hint);
+	make_bad_inode(inode);
+	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
+}
+
 /*
  * ntfs_set_state
  *
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 3ed319663747..cd48687127c1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ struct inode *ntfs_iget5(struct super_block *sb, const struct MFT_REF *ref,
 		inode = ntfs_read_mft(inode, name, ref);
 	else if (ref->seq != ntfs_i(inode)->mi.mrec->seq) {
 		/* Inode overlaps? */
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(inode);
 	}
 
 	return inode;
@@ -1725,9 +1725,7 @@ int ntfs_unlink_inode(struct inode *dir, const struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (inode->i_nlink)
 			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	} else if (!ni_remove_name_undo(dir_ni, ni, de, de2, undo_remove)) {
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
-		ntfs_inode_err(inode, "failed to undo unlink");
-		ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(inode);
 	} else {
 		if (ni_is_dirty(dir))
 			mark_inode_dirty(dir);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index 1cc700760c7e..bc22cc321a74 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -308,9 +308,7 @@ static int ntfs_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
 	err = ni_rename(dir_ni, new_dir_ni, ni, de, new_de, &is_bad);
 	if (is_bad) {
 		/* Restore after failed rename failed too. */
-		make_bad_inode(inode);
-		ntfs_inode_err(inode, "failed to undo rename");
-		ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
+		_ntfs_bad_inode(inode);
 	} else if (!err) {
 		inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime =
 			current_time(dir);
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index 6a2bbf889faa..a9359675299f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ void ntfs_mark_rec_free(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, CLST rno, bool is_mft);
 int ntfs_clear_mft_tail(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, size_t from, size_t to);
 int ntfs_refresh_zone(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi);
 void ntfs_update_mftmirr(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, int wait);
+void ntfs_bad_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *hint);
+#define _ntfs_bad_inode(i) ntfs_bad_inode(i, __func__)
 enum NTFS_DIRTY_FLAGS {
 	NTFS_DIRTY_CLEAR = 0,
 	NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY = 1,