diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 4facdd2..1d18fba 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -706,10 +706,17 @@ got_group:
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
+		if (inode_bitmap_bh) {
+			ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
+			brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
+		}
 		inode_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, group);
 		if (!inode_bitmap_bh)
 			goto fail;
+		BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
+		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
+		if (err)
+			goto fail;
 
 repeat_in_this_group:
 		ino = ext4_find_next_zero_bit((unsigned long *)
@@ -734,10 +741,16 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
 		if (ino < EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb))
 			goto repeat_in_this_group;
 	}
+	ext4_handle_release_buffer(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
 	err = -ENOSPC;
 	goto out;
 
 got:
+	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
 	/* We may have to initialize the block bitmap if it isn't already */
 	if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
 	    gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
@@ -771,11 +784,6 @@ got:
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
-	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)
@@ -823,11 +831,6 @@ got:
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
 
-	BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
-
 	BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, group_desc_bh);
 	if (err)