diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 4572cb05795188beb5a54f732427a45e67dc0c1f..c9524618765955272cf29f5f57ff256bc1a08f68 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ int ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
 
 	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+		ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 		*has_inline = 0;
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return 0;