diff --git a/fs/hfs/btree.c b/fs/hfs/btree.c
index 374b5688e29e5f9bda46fa3ad58e93fd1f743162..9bdff5e406261bcb612074580843b8b25f3e1e88 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/btree.c
@@ -329,13 +329,14 @@ void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node)
 
 		nidx -= len * 8;
 		i = node->next;
-		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		if (!i) {
 			/* panic */;
 			pr_crit("unable to free bnode %u. bmap not found!\n",
 				node->this);
+			hfs_bnode_put(node);
 			return;
 		}
+		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, i);
 		if (IS_ERR(node))
 			return;