diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 6fa9a784676b..63c9d8148c49 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ retry:
 
 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);