1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5920e75fc05f..c1fcf489e056 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2589,7 +2589,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
         struct ext4_ext_path *path = NULL;
         ext4_fsblk_t partial_cluster = 0;
         handle_t *handle;
-        int i = 0, err;
+        int i = 0, err = 0;
 
         ext_debug("truncate since %u to %u\n", start, end);
 
@@ -2621,12 +2621,16 @@ again:
                         return PTR_ERR(path);
                 }
                 depth = ext_depth(inode);
+                /* Leaf not may not exist only if inode has no blocks at all */
                 ex = path[depth].p_ext;
                 if (!ex) {
-                        ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
-                        kfree(path);
-                        path = NULL;
-                        goto cont;
+                        if (depth) {
+                                EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
+                                                 "path[%d].p_hdr == NULL",
+                                                 depth);
+                                err = -EIO;
+                        }
+                        goto out;
                 }
 
                 ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
@@ -2658,8 +2662,6 @@ again:
                                 goto out;
                 }
         }
-cont:
-
         /*
          * We start scanning from right side, freeing all the blocks
          * after i_size and walking into the tree depth-wise.