diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index f7a746b5b7be..bc17ed742845 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ repeat:
 		/* if we found index with free entry, then use that
 		 * entry: create all needed subtree and add new leaf */
 		err = ext4_ext_split(handle, inode, path, newext, i);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
 
 		/* refill path */
 		ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);