1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 20e2d704dc2e..219067ce09d9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1854,11 +1854,11 @@ repeat:
 
         if (ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, total)) {
                 spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
+                vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, total);
                 if (ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)) {
                         yield();
                         goto repeat;
                 }
-                vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, total);
                 return -ENOSPC;
         }
         EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks += nrblocks;