diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 4e301b0cdfb5..070660cb5b91 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -870,12 +870,15 @@ static void dx_release(struct dx_frame *frames)
 {
 	struct dx_root_info *info;
 	int i;
+	unsigned int indirect_levels;
 
 	if (frames[0].bh == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	info = &((struct dx_root *)frames[0].bh->b_data)->info;
-	for (i = 0; i <= info->indirect_levels; i++) {
+	/* save local copy, "info" may be freed after brelse() */
+	indirect_levels = info->indirect_levels;
+	for (i = 0; i <= indirect_levels; i++) {
 		if (frames[i].bh == NULL)
 			break;
 		brelse(frames[i].bh);