diff --git a/fs/fat/nfs.c b/fs/fat/nfs.c
index 509eea96a457..6e1b371711ed 100644
--- a/fs/fat/nfs.c
+++ b/fs/fat/nfs.c
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ struct inode *fat_rebuild_parent(struct super_block *sb, int parent_logstart)
 		MSDOS_I(dummy_grand_parent)->i_pos = -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!fat_scan_logstart(dummy_grand_parent, clus_to_match, &sinfo))
+	if (!fat_scan_logstart(dummy_grand_parent, clus_to_match, &sinfo)) {
 		parent = fat_build_inode(sb, sinfo.de, sinfo.i_pos);
+		brelse(sinfo.bh);
+	}
 
 	brelse(parent_bh);
 	iput(dummy_grand_parent);