diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 7a4052501866..339fdf6355df 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 	int issued = 0, implemented, new_issued;
 	struct timespec mtime, atime, ctime;
 	struct ceph_buffer *xattr_blob = NULL;
+	struct ceph_buffer *old_blob = NULL;
 	struct ceph_string *pool_ns = NULL;
 	struct ceph_cap *new_cap = NULL;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 	if ((ci->i_xattrs.version == 0 || !(issued & CEPH_CAP_XATTR_EXCL))  &&
 	    le64_to_cpu(info->xattr_version) > ci->i_xattrs.version) {
 		if (ci->i_xattrs.blob)
-			ceph_buffer_put(ci->i_xattrs.blob);
+			old_blob = ci->i_xattrs.blob;
 		ci->i_xattrs.blob = xattr_blob;
 		if (xattr_blob)
 			memcpy(ci->i_xattrs.blob->vec.iov_base,
@@ -1004,8 +1005,8 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 out:
 	if (new_cap)
 		ceph_put_cap(mdsc, new_cap);
-	if (xattr_blob)
-		ceph_buffer_put(xattr_blob);
+	ceph_buffer_put(old_blob);
+	ceph_buffer_put(xattr_blob);
 	ceph_put_string(pool_ns);
 	return err;
 }