diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 957e4d76a7b6578d59fd8f0b7d887e30d02c4e2b..5dbb4aa4b10fe71fdef234d6c6b2cf7ea9f3f4e2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3691,6 +3691,7 @@ int btrfs_orphan_cleanup(struct btrfs_root *root)
 			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 			if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
+				iput(inode);
 				goto out;
 			}
 			btrfs_debug(fs_info, "auto deleting %Lu",
@@ -3698,8 +3699,10 @@ int btrfs_orphan_cleanup(struct btrfs_root *root)
 			ret = btrfs_del_orphan_item(trans, root,
 						    found_key.objectid);
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
+				iput(inode);
 				goto out;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}