diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 4c91fb25ec66bc77516e20170cae7b06941069a3..9aea7d68d8ab9a99fe726085e041ae5a32c488d5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2634,8 +2634,10 @@ xfs_ifree_cluster(
 		error = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, blkno,
 				mp->m_bsize * igeo->blocks_per_cluster,
 				XBF_UNMAPPED, &bp);
-		if (error)
+		if (error) {
+			xfs_perag_put(pag);
 			return error;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * This buffer may not have been correctly initialised as we