diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index a048ad2..aa5f6f6 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 		 */
 		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
 
-		if (PagePrivate(page))
-			try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (PagePrivate(page) && !try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL))
+			goto out_unlock;
 
 		/*
 		 * If we succeeded in removing the mapping, set LRU flag
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 	 * Raced with truncate or failed to remove page from current
 	 * address space, unlock and return failure.
 	 */
+out_unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
 	return 1;
 }