diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d1b8f5e25f24..3837ad612bfa 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 69c499d152a7fe2c4443e5ddd91568ad5a79145a
+refs/heads/master: aeb1e5d69a5be592e86a926be73efb38c55af404
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3a100e7a62a8..c7efa88d7149 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -762,7 +762,6 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
 
 		BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
 		err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, block_bitmap_bh);
-		brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
 
 		/* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
 		ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
@@ -775,6 +774,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
 			ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
 		}
 		ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
+		brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
 
 		if (err)
 			goto fail;