diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 22496d2a73fa1ab5efe6f663cfc1a92a9a316543..0a09732180847ce6cb7d67f91477c2314296003a 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
 		ret = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index,
 					    GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
-			goto out;
+			goto out_release;
 	}
 
 	ret = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+this_len);
@@ -650,8 +650,9 @@ static int pipe_to_file(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct pipe_buffer *buf,
 	 */
 	mark_page_accessed(page);
 out:
-	page_cache_release(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
+out_release:
+	page_cache_release(page);
 out_ret:
 	return ret;
 }