1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3a100e7a62a8..c7efa88d7149 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ got:
 
                 BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
                 err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, block_bitmap_bh);
-                brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
 
                 /* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
                 ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
@@ -775,6 +774,7 @@ got:
                         ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
                 }
                 ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
+                brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
 
                 if (err)
                         goto fail;