diff --git a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
index c26c68ebd29d..a3c1911862f0 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/recovery.c
@@ -514,8 +514,10 @@ void gfs2_recover_func(struct work_struct *work)
 			error = foreach_descriptor(jd, head.lh_tail,
 						   head.lh_blkno, pass);
 			lops_after_scan(jd, error, pass);
-			if (error)
+			if (error) {
+				up_read(&sdp->sd_log_flush_lock);
 				goto fail_gunlock_thaw;
+			}
 		}
 
 		recover_local_statfs(jd, &head);