diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 74bc2d549c58..9875fd0918e7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4128,7 +4128,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	struct ext4_extent newex, *ex, *ex2;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	ext4_fsblk_t newblock = 0;
-	int free_on_err = 0, err = 0, depth;
+	int free_on_err = 0, err = 0, depth, ret;
 	unsigned int allocated = 0, offset = 0;
 	unsigned int allocated_clusters = 0;
 	struct ext4_allocation_request ar;
@@ -4189,9 +4189,13 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			if (!ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
 				goto out;
 
-			allocated = ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(
+			ret = ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(
 				handle, inode, map, path, flags,
 				allocated, newblock);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				err = ret;
+			else
+				allocated = ret;
 			goto out3;
 		}
 	}