diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 0afab6d5c65b..0021047524e4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5385,8 +5385,10 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 			inode->i_gid = attr->ia_gid;
 		error = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-		if (unlikely(error))
+		if (unlikely(error)) {
+			ext4_fc_stop_update(inode);
 			return error;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {