diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index ad7d572ee8dc..f0c5286f9342 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void ext2_free_inode (struct inode * inode)
 	struct super_block * sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int is_directory;
 	unsigned long ino;
-	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh;
 	unsigned long block_group;
 	unsigned long bit;
 	struct ext2_super_block * es;
@@ -135,14 +135,13 @@ void ext2_free_inode (struct inode * inode)
 	    ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
 		ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_inode",
 			    "reserved or nonexistent inode %lu", ino);
-		goto error_return;
+		return;
 	}
 	block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT2_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bit = (ino - 1) % EXT2_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
-	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 	bitmap_bh = read_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
 	if (!bitmap_bh)
-		goto error_return;
+		return;
 
 	/* Ok, now we can actually update the inode bitmaps.. */
 	if (!ext2_clear_bit_atomic(sb_bgl_lock(EXT2_SB(sb), block_group),
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ void ext2_free_inode (struct inode * inode)
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bitmap_bh);
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
 		sync_dirty_buffer(bitmap_bh);
-error_return:
+
 	brelse(bitmap_bh);
 }