1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 06209ec46152..2d7557db3ae8 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
                         if (unlikely(!new_bh)) {
                                 ext2_free_blocks(inode, block, 1);
                                 mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-                                error = -EIO;
+                                error = -ENOMEM;
                                 goto cleanup;
                         }
                         lock_buffer(new_bh);