diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 91da21890360..53134e4509b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6035,7 +6035,7 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize(struct inode *inode,
 	error = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, iloc->bh);
 	if (error) {
 		brelse(iloc->bh);
-		goto out_stop;
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	error = __ext4_expand_extra_isize(inode, new_extra_isize, iloc,
@@ -6045,8 +6045,8 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize(struct inode *inode,
 	if (!error)
 		error = rc;
 
+out_unlock:
 	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
-out_stop:
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	return error;
 }