diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 038d0ed5f565..9a14af3b1a69 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -745,11 +745,11 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 			mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-	}
+	} else
+		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
 
 	ext2_splice_branch(inode, iblock, partial, indirect_blks, count);
 	mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
-	set_buffer_new(bh_result);
 got_it:
 	map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key));
 	if (count > blocks_to_boundary)