diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index d8aa0ae3d037..1ed0fa4c4d48 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 
 	affs_lock_dir(dir);
 	bh = affs_find_entry(dir, dentry);
-	affs_unlock_dir(dir);
-	if (IS_ERR(bh))
+	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
+		affs_unlock_dir(dir);
 		return ERR_CAST(bh);
+	}
 	if (bh) {
 		u32 ino = bh->b_blocknr;
 
@@ -222,10 +223,13 @@ affs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 		}
 		affs_brelse(bh);
 		inode = affs_iget(sb, ino);
-		if (IS_ERR(inode))
+		if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+			affs_unlock_dir(dir);
 			return ERR_CAST(inode);
+		}
 	}
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
+	affs_unlock_dir(dir);
 	return NULL;
 }