diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index aadea660c66c9b759ac6f7cc575fd009a8a3b5da..b0077f5f71124021c06d7db89af94b627e18392c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 		struct the_nilfs *nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 
 		err = nilfs_dat_translate(nilfs->ns_dat, vbn, &pbn);
-		if (unlikely(err)) { /* -EIO, -ENOMEM, -ENOENT */
-			brelse(bh);
+		if (unlikely(err)) /* -EIO, -ENOMEM, -ENOENT */
 			goto failed;
-		}
 	}
 
 	lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -102,6 +100,8 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
  failed:
 	unlock_page(bh->b_page);
 	put_page(bh->b_page);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		brelse(bh);
 	return err;
 }