1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 58604fe11f4f..077c3c9c432e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -761,6 +761,11 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                  * parent to disk.
                  */
                 bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, new_blocks[n-1]);
+                if (unlikely(!bh)) {
+                        err = -EIO;
+                        goto failed;
+                }
+
                 branch[n].bh = bh;
                 lock_buffer(bh);
                 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call get_create_access");