diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index cdb9b9bdea1f..e62c7e1de4eb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 		if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
 			bhs[i] = sb_getblk(sb, block++);
 			if (bhs[i] == NULL) {
-				ocfs2_metadata_cache_io_unlock(ci);
 				status = -ENOMEM;
 				mlog_errno(status);
 				/* Don't forget to put previous bh! */