diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index a9563f7fcd88..0562ad211351 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ static struct f2fs_dir_entry *find_in_level(struct inode *dir,
 
 		de = find_in_block(dir, dentry_folio, fname, &max_slots, use_hash);
 		if (IS_ERR(de)) {
+			f2fs_folio_put(dentry_folio, false);
 			*res_folio = ERR_CAST(de);
 			de = NULL;
 			break;