1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index f9c642b22efa..deb14a728791 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -762,8 +762,9 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");
                 err = ext4_journal_get_create_access(handle, bh);
                 if (err) {
+                        /* Don't brelse(bh) here; it's done in
+                         * ext4_journal_forget() below */
                         unlock_buffer(bh);
-                        brelse(bh);
                         goto failed;
                 }