diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 7f7dad787603..a0ee682dc394 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			       EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_BIGALLOC)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 				 "Online defrag not supported with bigalloc");
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto mext_out;
 		}
 
 		err = mnt_want_write_file(filp);