diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4b8c9a9bdf0c8c0e77a39aaa7e0bb653d4c64b40..011bcb8c4770e13bdd24c6338167a0d536a4f2b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_orphan_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		ext4_error_err(sb, -err,
 			       "couldn't read orphan inode %lu (err %d)",
 			       ino, err);
+		brelse(bitmap_bh);
 		return inode;
 	}