diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 313a50b39741065654796448d9083caef3ba4df9..05361ad5b80a9e3c7858b21f3beeba24e647c301 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	tmp_inode->i_nlink = 0;
 
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-
+	unlock_new_inode(tmp_inode);
 	iput(tmp_inode);
 
 	return retval;