1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index dec3e0d88ab1..ba55865caaaf 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_append(handle_t *handle,
 
         *block = inode->i_size >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 
-        if ((bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err))) {
+        bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err);
+        if (bh) {
                 inode->i_size += inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
                 EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
-                ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle,bh);
+                *err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
+                if (*err) {
+                        brelse(bh);
+                        bh = NULL;
+                }
         }
         return bh;
 }