diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index d831e24dc885..41b8b44a391c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 			   u32 *bno, bool *new, bool *boundary,
 			   int create)
 {
-	int err = -EIO;
+	int err;
 	int offsets[4];
 	Indirect chain[4];
 	Indirect *partial;
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 	depth = ext2_block_to_path(inode,iblock,offsets,&blocks_to_boundary);
 
 	if (depth == 0)
-		return (err);
+		return -EIO;
 
 	partial = ext2_get_branch(inode, depth, offsets, chain, &err);
 	/* Simplest case - block found, no allocation needed */
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ static int ext2_get_blocks(struct inode *inode,
 	ext2_splice_branch(inode, iblock, partial, indirect_blks, count);
 	mutex_unlock(&ei->truncate_mutex);
 got_it:
-	*bno = le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key);
 	if (count > blocks_to_boundary)
 		*boundary = true;
 	err = count;
@@ -772,6 +771,8 @@ cleanup:
 		brelse(partial->bh);
 		partial--;
 	}
+	if (err > 0)
+		*bno = le32_to_cpu(chain[depth-1].key);
 	return err;
 }