diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 38e7641466442183ff55173ecf71eb3de6ba3bbd..2d8b7bc792c9df93bc505705bec4f957b082866a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -249,8 +249,10 @@ xfs_qm_hold_quotafs_ref(
 
 	if (!xfs_Gqm) {
 		xfs_Gqm = xfs_Gqm_init();
-		if (!xfs_Gqm)
+		if (!xfs_Gqm) {
+			mutex_unlock(&xfs_Gqm_lock);
 			return ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*