diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index c6205b405efe..a4eaee58e545 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent,
 {
 	struct inode *ea_inode;
 	struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry;
-	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
+	struct ext4_iloc iloc = { .bh = NULL };
 	bool dirty = false;
 	unsigned int ea_ino;
 	int err;
@@ -1260,6 +1260,8 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent,
 			ext4_warning_inode(parent,
 					   "handle dirty metadata err=%d", err);
 	}
+
+	brelse(iloc.bh);
 }
 
 /*