diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 0758f606f00655e370531c7cd95ea9042ecc1d6e..fd0567d0219ce9e49ae33a80eafc58b5f1535b8e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ static int ext4_finish_convert_inline_dir(handle_t *handle,
 		ext4_initialize_dirent_tail(dir_block,
 					    inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 	set_buffer_uptodate(dir_block);
+	unlock_buffer(dir_block);
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_dirblock(handle, inode, dir_block);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1245,6 +1246,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
 	if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
 		memcpy(data_bh->b_data, buf, inline_size);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(data_bh);
+		unlock_buffer(data_bh);
 		error = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle,
 						   inode, data_bh);
 	} else {
@@ -1252,7 +1254,6 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
 						       buf, inline_size);
 	}
 
-	unlock_buffer(data_bh);
 out_restore:
 	if (error)
 		ext4_restore_inline_data(handle, inode, iloc, buf, inline_size);