diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c
index 3aca66869b80..21e31eeaa042 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/orphanage.c
@@ -192,12 +192,16 @@ xrep_orphanage_create(
 	/* Make sure the orphanage is owned by root. */
 	error = xrep_chown_orphanage(sc, XFS_I(orphanage_inode));
 	if (error)
-		goto out_dput_orphanage;
+		goto out_rele_orphanage;
 
 	/* Stash the reference for later and bail out. */
 	sc->orphanage = XFS_I(orphanage_inode);
 	sc->orphanage_ilock_flags = 0;
+	orphanage_inode = NULL;
 
+out_rele_orphanage:
+	if (orphanage_inode)
+		xchk_irele(sc, XFS_I(orphanage_inode));
 out_dput_orphanage:
 	end_creating(orphanage_dentry);
 out_dput_root: