diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7ef49e4b1c17..3a4f73333e8b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -2563,6 +2563,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_move_to_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		.in_inode = !!entry->e_value_inum,
 	};
 	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
+	int needs_kvfree = 0;
 	int error;
 
 	is = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find), GFP_NOFS);
@@ -2585,7 +2586,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_move_to_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			error = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-
+		needs_kvfree = 1;
 		error = ext4_xattr_inode_get(inode, entry, buffer, value_size);
 		if (error)
 			goto out;
@@ -2624,7 +2625,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_move_to_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 out:
 	kfree(b_entry_name);
-	if (entry->e_value_inum && buffer)
+	if (needs_kvfree && buffer)
 		kvfree(buffer);
 	if (is)
 		brelse(is->iloc.bh);