diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index cb96f127c366..02bf24343979 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3337,8 +3337,10 @@ static ssize_t ext4_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 		blk++;
 	}
 out:
-	if (len == towrite)
+	if (len == towrite) {
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 		return err;
+	}
 	if (inode->i_size < off+len-towrite) {
 		i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
 		EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;