diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index f9c642b22efabb56f5ec3ae109bf2eaf75beee8a..deb14a728791aac05cdf9e60010268ae36da05a3 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;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 114abe5d2c1df437fb173f00abc78baed338ba3d..fea14dbd3c224ff74511df76941ad1522edcf9d0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1518,8 +1518,12 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 			return retval;
 
 		if (blocks == 1 && !dx_fallback &&
-		    EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX))
-			return make_indexed_dir(handle, dentry, inode, bh);
+		    EXT4_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_COMPAT_DIR_INDEX)) {
+			retval = make_indexed_dir(handle, dentry, inode, bh);
+			if (retval == -ENOSPC)
+				brelse(bh);
+			return retval;
+		}
 		brelse(bh);
 	}
 	bh = ext4_append(handle, dir, &block, &retval);
@@ -1528,7 +1532,10 @@ static int ext4_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 	de->inode = 0;
 	de->rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(blocksize, blocksize);
-	return add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
+	retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
+	if (retval == -ENOSPC)
+		brelse(bh);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1657,7 +1664,8 @@ static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!de)
 		goto cleanup;
 	err = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
-	bh = NULL;
+	if (err != -ENOSPC)
+		bh = NULL;
 	goto cleanup;
 
 journal_error: