1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 90383ed61005..17964c0505a9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -467,11 +467,11 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans(struct inode *inode,
                                                          unsigned to)
 {
         struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
-        handle_t *handle = NULL;
+        handle_t *handle;
         int ret = 0;
 
         handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS);
-        if (!handle) {
+        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                 ret = -ENOMEM;
                 mlog_errno(ret);
                 goto out;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans(struct inode *inode,
         }
 out:
         if (ret) {
-                if (handle)
+                if (!IS_ERR(handle))
                         ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
                 handle = ERR_PTR(ret);
         }