diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f4b9587..34ed624d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2110,8 +2110,7 @@
 journal_error:
 	ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
 cleanup:
-	if (bh)
-		brelse(bh);
+	brelse(bh);
 	dx_release(frames);
 	return err;
 }