diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 5c9bc0d85cc0..0b9688683526 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,6 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize,
 			       struct ext4_inode *raw_inode, handle_t *handle)
 {
 	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header;
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	static unsigned int mnt_count;
 	size_t min_offs;
@@ -2739,13 +2738,17 @@ retry:
 	 * EA block can hold new_extra_isize bytes.
 	 */
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl) {
+		struct buffer_head *bh;
+
 		bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl);
 		error = -EIO;
 		if (!bh)
 			goto cleanup;
 		error = ext4_xattr_check_block(inode, bh);
-		if (error)
+		if (error) {
+			brelse(bh);
 			goto cleanup;
+		}
 		base = BHDR(bh);
 		end = bh->b_data + bh->b_size;
 		min_offs = end - base;