diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index bcd91512bd490..7a5a1602ee01d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4168,6 +4168,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 failed_mount8:
 	ext4_unregister_sysfs(sb);
+	kobject_put(&sbi->s_kobj);
 #endif
 failed_mount7:
 	ext4_unregister_li_request(sb);