1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 81ecf9c0bf0a..93d6c80b3922 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -2376,16 +2376,18 @@ static int ocfs2_remove_value_outside(struct inode*inode,
                 }
 
                 ret = ocfs2_xattr_value_truncate(inode, vb, 0, &ctxt);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                        mlog_errno(ret);
-                        break;
-                }
 
                 ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, ctxt.handle);
                 if (ctxt.meta_ac) {
                         ocfs2_free_alloc_context(ctxt.meta_ac);
                         ctxt.meta_ac = NULL;
                 }
+
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                        mlog_errno(ret);
+                        break;
+                }
+
         }
 
         if (ctxt.meta_ac)