diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index d7ccb7f51dfca695040b238a7ceadc256a9d90f4..7f69347bd5a5452e0c0da9f241cd13694a490476 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5734,6 +5734,9 @@ int ext4_insert_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 			up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 			goto out_stop;
 		}
+	} else {
+		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
+		kfree(path);
 	}
 
 	ret = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, offset_lblk,