diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 18330f5b57be..6ce0686eab72 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -6802,7 +6802,7 @@ static int ocfs2_lock_reflink_xattr_rec_allocators(
 	if (ret) {
 		if (*meta_ac) {
 			ocfs2_free_alloc_context(*meta_ac);
-			meta_ac = NULL;
+			*meta_ac = NULL;
 		}
 	}