diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index 0cb889a17ae1..4479029630bb 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -2499,6 +2499,8 @@ static int _ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits(handle_t *handle,
 					 alloc_bh, OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
+		ocfs2_block_group_set_bits(handle, alloc_inode, group, group_bh,
+				start_bit, count);
 		goto bail;
 	}