diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 477d43d7e294..25368eb44e85 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp_inode)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(tmp_inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+		tmp_inode = NULL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -591,9 +592,10 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 out_tmp_inode:
 	unlock_new_inode(tmp_inode);
-	iput(tmp_inode);
 out_unlock:
 	ext4_writepages_up_write(inode->i_sb, alloc_ctx);
+	if (tmp_inode)
+		iput(tmp_inode);
 	return retval;
 }