diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d767e993591d93f335ae85b876a5c12ceae35b7a..244531d3065ac1ae4385d4cb76d4cc314c503d9c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5804,9 +5804,10 @@ int ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle_t *handle,
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
+	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)))) {
+		put_bh(iloc->bh);
 		return -EIO;
-
+	}
 	if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
 		inode_inc_iversion(inode);