diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 64e1c21..8175318 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1623,8 +1623,10 @@
 			       "Checksum for group %lu failed (%u!=%u)\n",
 			       i, le16_to_cpu(ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, i,
 			       gdp)), le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_checksum));
-			if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
+			if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
+				spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, i));
 				return 0;
+			}
 		}
 		spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, i));
 		if (!flexbg_flag)