1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d1ec698a91d1..12d727f8fedf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3772,13 +3772,17 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
                 if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED && ret <= 0 && iocb->private) {
                         ext4_free_io_end(iocb->private);
                         iocb->private = NULL;
-                } else if (ret > 0)
+                } else if (ret > 0) {
+                        int err;
                         /*
                          * for non AIO case, since the IO is already
                          * completed, we could do the convertion right here
                          */
-                        ret = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(inode,
-                                                                offset, ret);
+                        err = ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(inode,
+                                                             offset, ret);
+                        if (err < 0)
+                                ret = err;
+                }
                 return ret;
         }