diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index e4b4ac1ec684a..3d9277c48bc87 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4634,6 +4634,7 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		 */
 		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!new_entry) {
+			ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto error_return;
 		}