1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/dir.c b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
index aef4d0c06748..297d7e5cebad 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/dir.c
@@ -803,13 +803,20 @@ static struct gfs2_leaf *new_leaf(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh,
 {
         struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
         unsigned int n = 1;
-        u64 bn = gfs2_alloc_block(ip, &n);
-        struct buffer_head *bh = gfs2_meta_new(ip->i_gl, bn);
+        u64 bn;
+        int error;
+        struct buffer_head *bh;
         struct gfs2_leaf *leaf;
         struct gfs2_dirent *dent;
         struct qstr name = { .name = "", .len = 0, .hash = 0 };
+
+        error = gfs2_alloc_block(ip, &bn, &n);
+        if (error)
+                return NULL;
+        bh = gfs2_meta_new(ip->i_gl, bn);
         if (!bh)
                 return NULL;
+
         gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke(GFS2_SB(inode), bn, 1);
         gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh, 1);
         gfs2_metatype_set(bh, GFS2_METATYPE_LF, GFS2_FORMAT_LF);