diff --git a/fs/ext4/orphan.c b/fs/ext4/orphan.c
index 64ea47624233..7095ba1564f6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/orphan.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/orphan.c
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ int ext4_init_orphan_info(struct super_block *sb)
 	int i, j;
 	int ret;
 	int free;
+	int loaded = 0;
 	__le32 *bdata;
 	int inodes_per_ob = ext4_inodes_per_orphan_block(sb);
 	struct ext4_orphan_block_tail *ot;
@@ -613,6 +614,7 @@ int ext4_init_orphan_info(struct super_block *sb)
 			ret = -EIO;
 			goto out_free;
 		}
+		loaded++;
 		ot = ext4_orphan_block_tail(sb, oi->of_binfo[i].ob_bh);
 		if (le32_to_cpu(ot->ob_magic) != EXT4_ORPHAN_BLOCK_MAGIC) {
 			ext4_error(sb, "orphan file block %d: bad magic", i);
@@ -635,8 +637,10 @@ int ext4_init_orphan_info(struct super_block *sb)
 	iput(inode);
 	return 0;
 out_free:
-	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
-		brelse(oi->of_binfo[i].ob_bh);
+	while (loaded > 0) {
+		loaded--;
+		brelse(oi->of_binfo[loaded].ob_bh);
+	}
 	kvfree(oi->of_binfo);
 out_put:
 	iput(inode);