diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index 447c8d93f48081c11ed85e6076df2617af4f20c0..1d72f8f13a05c19563717b2c285d83cf8a1ba701 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ static int ext4_fc_commit_dentry_updates(journal_t *journal, u32 *crc)
 			fc_dentry->fcd_parent, fc_dentry->fcd_ino,
 			fc_dentry->fcd_name.len,
 			fc_dentry->fcd_name.name, crc)) {
-			spin_lock(&sbi->s_fc_lock);
 			ret = -ENOSPC;
 			goto lock_and_exit;
 		}