diff -r 4c69dad4a37c -r 069b6a04b180 packages/fs/yaffs/current/src/yaffs_guts.c
--- a/packages/fs/yaffs/current/src/yaffs_guts.c	Sun Oct 25 23:19:20 2009 +0000
+++ b/packages/fs/yaffs/current/src/yaffs_guts.c	Thu Oct 29 17:22:43 2009 +0000
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@
 	if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_FILE) {
 		tn = yaffs_GetTnode(dev);
 		if (!tn) {
-			yaffs_FreeObject(theObject);
+			yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(theObject);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2293,7 +2293,7 @@
 	if (type == YAFFS_OBJECT_TYPE_SYMLINK) {
 		str = yaffs_CloneString(aliasString);
 		if (!str) {
-			yaffs_FreeObject(in);
+			yaffs_DoGenericObjectDeletion(in);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}