diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index a61873808f76..72ba4705d4fa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4412,7 +4412,7 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 retry:
 	err = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, last_block,
 				    EXT_MAX_BLOCKS - last_block);
-	if (err == ENOMEM) {
+	if (err == -ENOMEM) {
 		cond_resched();
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 		goto retry;