diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 19c04caf3c012bd777d20e31355357154cc38a83..e00461a6de9aa6175b82d4fc048be0b0a7c73555 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static void afs_kill_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 				first = page->index + 1;
 			lock_page(page);
 			generic_error_remove_page(mapping, page);
+			unlock_page(page);
 		}
 
 		__pagevec_release(&pv);