diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/index.c b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
index 97f06c26fe1a..11f59d7b9ea4 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c
@@ -1481,6 +1481,7 @@ static int indx_create_allocate(struct ntfs_index *indx, struct ntfs_inode *ni,
 	run_deallocate(sbi, &run, false);
 
 out:
+	run_close(&run);
 	return err;
 }