diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 794fd1587f34a3bc210d60770525a02f3cd59aba..cda0361e95a403e887d912174ec296aa4cbb6e4d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		tmp_ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh,
 				update_isize, end);
 		if (tmp_ret < 0) {
+			ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
 			ret = tmp_ret;
 			mlog_errno(ret);
 			brelse(di_bh);