1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 71649ef9b658..3b6d701073e7 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2987,6 +2987,7 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page)
 
         spin_lock(&mapping->private_lock);
         ret = drop_buffers(page, &buffers_to_free);
+        spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
         if (ret) {
                 /*
                  * If the filesystem writes its buffers by hand (eg ext3)
@@ -2998,7 +2999,6 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page)
                  */
                 clear_page_dirty(page);
         }
-        spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 out:
         if (buffers_to_free) {
                 struct buffer_head *bh = buffers_to_free;