1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index b4267d72f249..b32cf263750d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
                 struct posix_acl *p = get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);
 
+                if (IS_ERR(p))
+                        return ERR_CAST(p);
                 if (p) {
                         int acl_size = p->a_count * sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);