diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 07c3a115f7ae..07b9a335c8eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2395,6 +2395,8 @@ retry_inode:
 			error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs);
 		} else if (error == -ENOSPC) {
 			if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) {
+				brelse(bs.bh);
+				bs.bh = NULL;
 				error = ext4_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs);
 				if (error)
 					goto cleanup;