1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index a2ca3107d475..86ae8e93adb9 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -792,18 +792,20 @@ ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
                 ext2_free_blocks(inode, EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl, 1);
                 get_bh(bh);
                 bforget(bh);
+                unlock_buffer(bh);
         } else {
                 HDR(bh)->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(
                         le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_refcount) - 1);
                 if (ce)
                         mb_cache_entry_release(ce);
+                ea_bdebug(bh, "refcount now=%d",
+                        le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_refcount));
+                unlock_buffer(bh);
                 mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
                 if (IS_SYNC(inode))
                         sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
                 DQUOT_FREE_BLOCK(inode, 1);
         }
-        ea_bdebug(bh, "refcount now=%d", le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_refcount) - 1);
-        unlock_buffer(bh);
         EXT2_I(inode)->i_file_acl = 0;
 
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