diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 6064bcb8572b..89a4ac83cbcd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,7 @@ int ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
 
 	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+		ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 		*has_inline = 0;
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return 0;