diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 377d516c475f..6f0ed6917076 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2811,7 +2811,9 @@ int ext4_orphan_add(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 			list_del_init(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan);
 			mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
 		}
-	}
+	} else
+		brelse(iloc.bh);
+
 	jbd_debug(4, "superblock will point to %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
 	jbd_debug(4, "orphan inode %lu will point to %d\n",
 			inode->i_ino, NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));