1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ce2c4c62386f..b41432efcc09 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5312,6 +5312,8 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
         might_sleep();
         trace_ext4_mark_inode_dirty(inode, _RET_IP_);
         err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
+        if (err)
+                return err;
         if (ext4_handle_valid(handle) &&
             EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize < sbi->s_want_extra_isize &&
             !ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND)) {
@@ -5342,9 +5344,7 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
                         }
                 }
         }
-        if (!err)
-                err = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
-        return err;
+        return ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
 }
 
 /*