diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index c20360002f29..f959a1532767 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -1898,10 +1898,14 @@ int ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(struct file *filp,
 out:
 	ocfs2_free_write_ctxt(wc);
 
-	if (data_ac)
+	if (data_ac) {
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(data_ac);
-	if (meta_ac)
+		data_ac = NULL;
+	}
+	if (meta_ac) {
 		ocfs2_free_alloc_context(meta_ac);
+		meta_ac = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC && try_free) {
 		/*