diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index db288b4aee6d..0cec77cb674e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ int __ceph_setxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 
 do_sync:
 	spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
+	ceph_buffer_put(old_blob);
 do_sync_unlocked:
 	if (lock_snap_rwsem)
 		up_read(&mdsc->snap_rwsem);