1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 3d3ddb3f5177..2dfd47714ae5 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -412,8 +412,10 @@ nilfs_mdt_write_page(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
                 return 0; /* Do not request flush for shadow page cache */
         if (!sb) {
                 writer = nilfs_get_writer(NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_nilfs);
-                if (!writer)
+                if (!writer) {
+                        nilfs_put_writer(NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_nilfs);
                         return -EROFS;
+                }
                 sb = writer->s_super;
         }