diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 34195f9fc6bb..edd45f709989 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3952,7 +3952,6 @@ struct inode *btrfs_iget(struct super_block *s, struct btrfs_key *location,
 			 struct btrfs_root *root, int *new)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	int bad_inode = 0;
 
 	inode = btrfs_iget_locked(s, location->objectid, root);
 	if (!inode)
@@ -3968,15 +3967,12 @@ struct inode *btrfs_iget(struct super_block *s, struct btrfs_key *location,
 			if (new)
 				*new = 1;
 		} else {
-			bad_inode = 1;
+			unlock_new_inode(inode);
+			iput(inode);
+			inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (bad_inode) {
-		iput(inode);
-		inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
-	}
-
 	return inode;
 }