diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index a6cb617..2a85dde 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2677,8 +2677,10 @@
 		 */
 		ei->i_extra_isize = le16_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_extra_isize);
 		if (EXT3_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE + ei->i_extra_isize >
-		    EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb))
+		    EXT3_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb)) {
+			brelse (bh);
 			goto bad_inode;
+		}
 		if (ei->i_extra_isize == 0) {
 			/* The extra space is currently unused. Use it. */
 			ei->i_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext3_inode) -