diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index c3fa30878ca8..0a4dc6217e78 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -459,16 +459,18 @@ static int set_flexbg_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, handle_t *handle,
 
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
 		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			brelse(bh);
 			return err;
+		}
 		ext4_debug("mark block bitmap %#04llx (+%llu/%u)\n",
 			   first_cluster, first_cluster - start, count2);
 		ext4_set_bits(bh->b_data, first_cluster - start, count2);
 
 		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
+		brelse(bh);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			return err;
-		brelse(bh);
 	}
 
 	return 0;