diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 8e6f3cadd5908907b5c5ac465b32e292f7610744..93881b0786abaa86e43ad98a337443ac2bf84dae 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -699,10 +699,13 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 		if (!partial) {
 			count++;
 			mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
-			if (err)
-				goto cleanup;
 			goto got_it;
 		}
+
+		if (err) {
+			mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*