1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index ab207901d32a..23c254e26018 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static int ocfs2_truncate_for_delete(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
                 handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
                 if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                         status = PTR_ERR(handle);
+                        handle = NULL;
                         mlog_errno(status);
                         goto out;
                 }