diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 0fb270f0a0ef68f3264f9c21d108a98897a3cc0d..b0cd1364c68fa60d8bcee3e6ad9ae1bdb0a884de 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ static inline void *unlock_slot(struct address_space *mapping, void **slot)
 	return (void *)entry;
 }
 
+static void put_unlocked_mapping_entry(struct address_space *mapping,
+				       pgoff_t index, void *entry);
+
 /*
  * Lookup entry in radix tree, wait for it to become unlocked if it is
  * exceptional entry and return it. The caller must call
@@ -256,8 +259,10 @@ static void *__get_unlocked_mapping_entry(struct address_space *mapping,
 		revalidate = wait_fn();
 		finish_wait(wq, &ewait.wait);
 		xa_lock_irq(&mapping->i_pages);
-		if (revalidate)
+		if (revalidate) {
+			put_unlocked_mapping_entry(mapping, index, entry);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+		}
 	}
 }