diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 8f9fe1d7a690..a557e3ec0d4c 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -1015,9 +1015,9 @@ static int ni_ins_attr_ext(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct ATTR_LIST_ENTRY *le,
 
 out2:
 	ni_remove_mi(ni, mi);
-	mi_put(mi);
 
 out1:
+	mi_put(mi);
 	ntfs_mark_rec_free(sbi, rno, is_mft);
 
 out: