diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 18956c629ad4..1a108f24e7d9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *file)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
-	struct ceph_osd_request *req;
+	struct ceph_osd_request *req = NULL;
 	struct ceph_cap_flush *prealloc_cf;
 	struct folio *folio = NULL;
 	u64 inline_version = CEPH_INLINE_NONE;
@@ -1656,18 +1656,6 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *file)
 	int err = 0;
 	u64 len;
 
-	prealloc_cf = ceph_alloc_cap_flush();
-	if (!prealloc_cf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	folio = read_mapping_folio(inode->i_mapping, 0, file);
-	if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(folio);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	folio_lock(folio);
-
 	spin_lock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 	inline_version = ci->i_inline_version;
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
@@ -1675,9 +1663,23 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *file)
 	dout("uninline_data %p %llx.%llx inline_version %llu\n",
 	     inode, ceph_vinop(inode), inline_version);
 
-	if (inline_version == 1 || /* initial version, no data */
-	    inline_version == CEPH_INLINE_NONE)
-		goto out_unlock;
+	if (inline_version == CEPH_INLINE_NONE)
+		return 0;
+
+	prealloc_cf = ceph_alloc_cap_flush();
+	if (!prealloc_cf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (inline_version == 1) /* initial version, no data */
+		goto out_uninline;
+
+	folio = read_mapping_folio(inode->i_mapping, 0, file);
+	if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(folio);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	folio_lock(folio);
 
 	len = i_size_read(inode);
 	if (len > folio_size(folio))
@@ -1743,6 +1745,7 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *file)
 	ceph_update_write_metrics(&fsc->mdsc->metric, req->r_start_latency,
 				  req->r_end_latency, len, err);
 
+out_uninline:
 	if (!err) {
 		int dirty;
 
@@ -1761,8 +1764,10 @@ int ceph_uninline_data(struct file *file)
 	if (err == -ECANCELED)
 		err = 0;
 out_unlock:
-	folio_unlock(folio);
-	folio_put(folio);
+	if (folio) {
+		folio_unlock(folio);
+		folio_put(folio);
+	}
 out:
 	ceph_free_cap_flush(prealloc_cf);
 	dout("uninline_data %p %llx.%llx inline_version %llu = %d\n",