1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 173c1ae21395..619bfc1fda8c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
         struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
         struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
         struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
-        int ret2, err = 0;
+        int ret2, err;
         struct inode *ret;
         ext4_group_t i;
         ext4_group_t flex_group;
@@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
                 inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
         } else
                 inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
-        dquot_initialize(inode);
+        err = dquot_initialize(inode);
+        if (err)
+                goto out;
 
         if (!goal)
                 goal = sbi->s_inode_goal;