Index: usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
+++ usr.sbin/makefs/ffs.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,6 @@
 		errno = bwrite(bp);
 		if (errno != 0)
 			goto bad_ffs_write_file;
-		brelse(bp);
 		if (!isfile)
 			p += chunk;
 	}
Index: usr.sbin/makefs/ffs/buf.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/makefs/ffs/buf.c
+++ usr.sbin/makefs/ffs/buf.c
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
 	if (debug & DEBUG_BUF_BWRITE)
 		printf("bwrite: write %ld (offset %lld) returned %lld\n",
 		    bp->b_bcount, (long long)offset, (long long)rv);
+	brelse(bp);
 	if (rv == bp->b_bcount)
 		return (0);
 	else if (rv == -1)		/* write error */
Index: usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
===================================================================
--- usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
+++ usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@
 		cpsize = MIN((nsize - offs), blsize - on);
 		memcpy(bp->b_data + on, dat + offs, cpsize);
 		bwrite(bp);
-		brelse(bp);
 		offs += cpsize;
 	}