diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b35ec0075644..b86bb93cea68 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a97778457f22181e8c38c4cd7d7e528378738a98
+refs/heads/master: 01a261e09a21e0ba342d3907a79cf5c78ee3f37a
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 3d3ddb3f5177..2dfd47714ae5 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -412,8 +412,10 @@ nilfs_mdt_write_page(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		return 0; /* Do not request flush for shadow page cache */
 	if (!sb) {
 		writer = nilfs_get_writer(NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_nilfs);
-		if (!writer)
+		if (!writer) {
+			nilfs_put_writer(NILFS_MDT(inode)->mi_nilfs);
 			return -EROFS;
+		}
 		sb = writer->s_super;
 	}