diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index f79705af3aca..37f3c2ebe6f8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -3075,8 +3075,10 @@ ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(struct inode *inode,
 
 		bh = ext4_sb_bread(inode->i_sb, ce->e_value, REQ_PRIO);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
-			if (PTR_ERR(bh) == -ENOMEM)
+			if (PTR_ERR(bh) == -ENOMEM) {
+				mb_cache_entry_put(ea_block_cache, ce);
 				return NULL;
+			}
 			bh = NULL;
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "block %lu read error",
 					 (unsigned long)ce->e_value);