diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 4df4d31057b3..5bf62bdd84b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1890,6 +1890,7 @@ void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
 
 	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+		ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 		*has_inline = 0;
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return;