diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 0717662b4aef..0165e4ff163c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1906,8 +1906,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
 				/* On error, skip the f_pos to the
 				   next block. */
 				ctx->pos = (ctx->pos | (sb->s_blocksize - 1)) + 1;
-				brelse(bh);
-				continue;
+				break;
 			}
 			if (le64_to_cpu(de->inode)) {
 				unsigned char d_type = DT_UNKNOWN;