diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 8fe4eb7e5045..27e5b269e729 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,6 @@ static noinline ssize_t btrfs_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
 	struct page **pages = NULL;
-	struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 	struct extent_changeset *data_reserved = NULL;
 	u64 release_bytes = 0;
 	u64 lockstart;
@@ -1611,6 +1610,7 @@ static noinline ssize_t btrfs_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (iov_iter_count(i) > 0) {
+		struct extent_state *cached_state = NULL;
 		size_t offset = offset_in_page(pos);
 		size_t sector_offset;
 		size_t write_bytes = min(iov_iter_count(i),
@@ -1758,9 +1758,20 @@ again:
 		if (copied > 0)
 			ret = btrfs_dirty_pages(inode, pages, dirty_pages,
 						pos, copied, &cached_state);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we have not locked the extent range, because the range's
+		 * start offset is >= i_size, we might still have a non-NULL
+		 * cached extent state, acquired while marking the extent range
+		 * as delalloc through btrfs_dirty_pages(). Therefore free any
+		 * possible cached extent state to avoid a memory leak.
+		 */
 		if (extents_locked)
 			unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree,
 					     lockstart, lockend, &cached_state);
+		else
+			free_extent_state(cached_state);
+
 		btrfs_delalloc_release_extents(BTRFS_I(inode), reserve_bytes,
 					       true);
 		if (ret) {